Christian, It was the issue. Thanks for the info. S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Thibodeau" <jlcthibo@uumail.gov.bc.ca> To: <psyche-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:31 PM Subject: Re: RedHat 8.0 and TNT2 Ultra > On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 12:37, Sylvain Jodoin wrote: > > Thanks everybody for your inputs. I took good notes of it. So, in order to > > proceed to the installation of the Nvidia drivers, I first wanted to upgrade > > the kernel to 2.4.18-18.8.0. > > > > Via RHN, I downloaded and installed the rpm. When I type in "rpm -qa kernel" > > (or something like that), I see the 3 rpms, i.e., 2.4.18-14, 2.4.18-17.8.0 > > and 2.4.18-18.8.0. However, when I boot, I still boot in 2.4.18-14 only. I > > must mentioned at this point that I decided not to use GRUB nor LILO but > > always boot from a diskette (this is the family pc and I don't want the > > others to be bothered by having to chose). So, I did my homeworks and read > > on the thing to find out that I have to do another boot diskette to boot > > with the latest kernel (well, I think it is what I need to do). I used the > > "mkbootdisk 2.4.18-18.8.0" command, made the diskette, and reboot. All this > > to get the message "boot failed" (while vmlinuz is running). Any suggestions > > or idea of what I did wrong? > > > > Sylvain, > > The "boot failed" messages usually means that there is a problem with > the boot diskette. Try to make another boot diskette and see if you get > the same problem. > > -- > Christian Thibodeau <jlcthibo@uumail.gov.bc.ca> > ITSD > > > > -- > Psyche-list mailing list > Psyche-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
