Hi, Try just dd-ing your kernel to a bootdisk. Dave. On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 22:54:18 -0500 "Thomas Ward" <tward at bright.net> writes: > Hello, Kirk. Well, I was hoping to install this Kernel on multiple > machines. > On my laptop it is /dev/hda2 > On my desktop system on my hard drive it is /dev/HDA1. > I manually fdisked and mapped out these partitions myself when I > installed > RH 7 so that much I know. > I guess I want to know how to set the Kernel up so I can just drop > it onto a > partition of my choosing, and also turn it into a rescue boot disk. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kirk Wood <cpt.kirk at 1tree.net> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 8:50 AM > Subject: Re: Help with Kernel install. > > > > You can setup to boot with a new kernell without endangering your > current > > situation. If you copy the new bzImage to the /boot dir and add a > new > > entry to lilo.conf. Just copy the curent entry with a new label > and new > > image name. you will then have an option of shoosing the image to > use when > > you first boot. > > > > It sounds to me like the kernel panic is not a problem with the > kernell > > itself, but rather that it is failing to find a usable root > location for > > the file system. Chances are that unless you have one large > partition on > > your drive the correct root partition is /dev/hda4 or /dev/hda5. > You can > > pick it out by running the mount command or df. > > > > ======= > > Kirk Wood > > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net > > > > Cluelessness > > There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of > > inquisitive idiots > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
