Can't boot new Linux kernel 2.6
With the help of a more Linux-savvy friend, I am currently running Debian Linux 2.4.18. He decided I needed to upgrade to 2.6 in order to get all my hardware working properly, and since he had work to do elsewhere in SSHed into my computer and did all the kernel compiling work for me. He left me with a Debian package which I dpkged and whatnot. I think it modified lilo.conf for me but I don't remember. Anyway, I rebooted and selected Linux from the LILO menu (LinuxOld was there, so yes lilo.conf was configured) and when it got to line "Uncompressing linux.......ok booting the kernel" it just sat there. Later he tried to use Apt-Get which not only produced the same result as before but messed with my lilo.conf so that I had to do a rescue with the CD to get the original kernel back. Today I just tried compiling the kernel myself and setting everything up manually via instructions I found on the web for general kernel compiling and installation. Well that also led to the same result. So I guess my question now is what could I possibly be doing wrong?
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