Excerpt of message (sent 17 March 2003) by Aaron Konstam: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 11:39:44AM -0500, christian@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > how would you "use" such an older kernel? > > > > Lilo complained because /boot was wiped empty. > The answer to the first question is to have a clause in lilo.conf for > every kernel you want to boot. Then run lilo. Great. Thanks Aaron; I'll try this. > I do not understand your statement that /boot was wiped empty. Running 'ls /boot' gives just one file: kernel.h while I (and Lilo!) expect more files, like System.map initrd-2.4.18-14.img module-info-2.4.18-14 System.map-2.4.18-14 kernel.h os2_d.b boot.0300 lost+found vmlinux-2.4.18-14 boot.b map vmlinuz chain.b message vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 config-2.4.18-14 message.ja grub module-info > Also you can't boot from the rescue disk. Do you meant you are > booting from a boot disk you made during or after installation? > It is the kernel on that disk that you are running if that is what > you did. Yes, at the end of the upgrade, the dialog strongly suggested that I create a boot diskette. Which I did, and I've been very glad. Booting off the floppy gives me (a) the kernel I want, (b) RedHat 8.0 works great, and (c) the stuff in /boot reappears. Maybe upgrading to RedHat 8 simply disabled mounting /boot. Thanks again Christian -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
