[Gllug] Kernel Questions

[Roger Whittaker]

This is the relevant part of a working lilo.conf (SuSE 8.0).

You will need to do a mk_initrd, and any modules you need at boot time
will need to be in the MKINITRD_MODULES (I think) variable in rc.config.

boot = /dev/hda
change-rules
    reset
read-only
menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
lba32
prompt
timeout = 80
message = /boot/message

image = /boot/vmlinuz
    label = linux
    initrd = /boot/initrd
    root = /dev/hda3
    vga = 791


On Wed, 1 May 2002, French, Alastair wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I have some questions on getting a new kernel to boot.
>
> I am running SuSe 7.3 with a 2.2.18 kernel, and want to upgrade to 2.4.18
> from the sources.
>
> I have built the kernel, with make xconfig, make dep, make clean, make
> bzImage, make modules & make modules_install and this is fine. I copied the
> image to /boot and labelled it as vmlinuz-2.4.18.
>
> On editing lilo.conf there are a couple of options I'm not sure on.
>
> initrd = xxx, as far as I can see this is for loading a init ram disk to
> allow any special drivers needed for access to the boot device i.e SCSI
> modules is this correct. I am booting from an IDE drive so I shouldn't need
> anything here should I?
>
> map = should this point to the System.map created as part of the kernel
> build. I want to keep all the settings I had before so I can boot into the
> orignal kernel if this doesn't work etc.
>
> If I miss out these options the PC boots OK but does not load a lot of
> modules (USB fails to start on boot for example) is this due to the
> System.map. Where should I put this.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Alastair
>
>
>
>
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