Lilo and 2.4.9 problems

[Jim Herrmann]

The label doesn't have to match the module name, but the default 
parameter and one of the labels has to match.  The label is what gets 
displayed on the LILO boot screen.

Brian Kelsay wrote:

> And now a reply without a smart*** comment.
> 
> Look at the value for "default =linux249-1", now look at the line
> "label=vmlinuz249".  Shouldn't that be "label=linux249-1"?   I think the
> two must match.  Try changing one or the other and rerun lilo and
> restart and se what happens.   Also, I think you want "image =
> /boot/linux249082501"  to match the actual path to the new kernel.   If
> the image is actually called "linux_2.4.9-082501" then that is how you
> must call it from lilo or it might actually be called
> "vmlinuz-2.4.9-082501" only your compiler knows the truth.
> 
> Hope this helps
> Brian Kelsay
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Edgar Twilley" <grimjack at blitz-it.net>
> To: <kclug at kclug.org>
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 12:14 PM
> Subject: Lilo and 2.4.9 problems
> 
> 
> 
>>Hello all,
>>  I just downloaded and built a 2.4.9 kernel, it all went entirely too
>>
> well.
> 
>>The problem comes when I  try and run lilo after moving the bzIImage
>>
> file to
> 
>>the boot dir and then modify lilo.conf and then run lilo.  It says...
>>Added linux
>>Added vmlinuz249  (this is my new kernel)  <<<<<<<<<<This is telling
>>Added dos
>>Fatal: No images have been defined.   <<<<<<This is the error, because
>>
> it can't find the kernel.
> 
>>  When I reboot my new info does not show up and it boots back into
>>
> the
> 
>>production RH 7.0 kernel.
>>my lilo.conf file is a s follows:
>>boot=/dev/hda
>>map=/boot/map
>>install=/boot/boot.b
>>prompt
>>timeout=50
>>message=/boot/message
>>default=linux249-1   <<<<<<<<<<HERE
>>
>>image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
>>label=linux
>>read-only
>>root=/dev/hda2
>>
>>image = /boot/linux249082501     <<<<<<<<HERE
>>label=vmlinuz249           <<<<<<<<HERE
>>read-only
>>root=/dev/hda2
>>
>>other = /dev/hda1
>>label=dos
>>
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