I compiled/installed a linux kernel from source for the first time and i copied and pasted the output to

/boot

for System.map and vmlinuz etc.


I configured lilo and i am able to boot from "linux_2.6.0" on lilo upon restart, except when the kernel boots up and i'm brought to the prompt it says "Kernel 2.4.22" still...

I'm sure i probably just didn't replace something properly or i linked a file badly or something. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas of what a kernel newb like me might have messed up on??

thanks!

Check the Makefile in /usr/src/<kernel version>, or whereever your kernel source is. The version info is kept in the first few lines of that file.

go thru your steps..

first run uname -a and make sure your running the old kernel (most likely since the promp you see is uname -a, but be sure)

what commands did you use for compiling the kernel? (did you use make, make install? or make bzimage and manually copy?)

what did you put in lilo.conf?

have you checked the threads on kernel compiling?

Hey, thank you for responding. Sorry i should have left more details, i wrote a log of everything i did but i didn't have it on me at the time of posting. But now that it's in front of me i'll post it here for you to analyse.

Unpacked source to home directory /root
"bunzip2 linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2"
"tar -tvf linux-2.6.0.tar"

changed directories too /src/linux directory
"cd /usr/src/linux"

"make mrproper"

"xconfig" saved .config file to the directory

compiled
"make dep clean bzImage"
"make modules"
"make modules_install"

Installation...
"cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinux-2.6.0"
"cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.0"

Lilo configuration..
opened /etc/lilo.conf

added..

"image=/boot/vmlinux-2.6.0
label=linux_2.6.0
root=/dev/hda5 <-- (same partition as current linux fs)

didn't set as default or anything, saved the file

ran
"/sbin/lilo"


rebooted, chose "linux_2.6.0" from lilo boot selecter screen.
it boots up and then i get the "kernel 2.4.22" message.

oh and afterwords i replaced System.map with the System.map-2.6.0 file and still get the same result.

oh, and i checked the threads on compiling here and elsewhere and havne't been able to find anything that was dramatically different from what i did that would lead me to any answers.

Any thoughts?

So what's the output of "uname -r". Also port the content of the file "/etc/issue".

that is awsome, you kept a log, and checked threads!...

Unpacked source to home directory /root
"bunzip2 linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2"
"tar -tvf linux-2.6.0.tar"

it may be preference, but just so you know, this can be done with the line
tar -jxvf linux-2.6.0.tar.bz2
the -j option filters thru bzip, and the -x option untars.

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stupid questions follow:
is kernel vmlinux-x.x.x in the /boot directory ?
does the lilo config file contain the correct kernel name and directory?
i know this is a dumb question, but are you sure it's 2.6 kernel src? have to ask.. i'm sure it is..
did you untar the 2.6 kernel, make compile, ect, and then copy /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage, which was linked to your 2.4 kernel (linux -> linux-2.4.x) ?
end stupid questions

it's worth the few seconds to check those, i've done a few..

check on spoto's suggestion.. for one iof the above questions..
Check the Makefile in /usr/src/<kernel version>, or whereever your kernel source is. The version info is kept in the first few lines of that file.

also please send output of uname -a
this will give host and date info, which is useless to us, but it will also give, kernel version and *build number*..