OK,

I installed kernel 2.4.18-10 using up2date (Red Hat Agent) everything went fine and I changed my lilo.conf to
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prompt
timeout="50"
default=linux
boot="/dev/hda6"
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message=/boot/message
lba32

image="/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-10"
label="Linux"
initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.18-10.img"
read-only
root="/dev/hda7"
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earlier , I had kernel version 2.4.18-3. Now everything works ok; only when i type

uname -r

it says

2.4.18-3

I wonder whaich kernel version ACUALLY I am using?

Thanks in advance...

Have you typed
lilo
after you edited lilo.conf? It writes the configuration to disk (the fact of a change in lilo.conf does not automatically change the method lilo works, it needs to be started).

yes i did it already....no use :-(

I don't know about installing the kernel from rpm's, but when I compile them from source, and copy them to /boot/ I give them different names so that I can try out different ones. Maybe the kernel that you just installed is not in /boot/? or maybe it's called something else?..... just a thought... good luck

OK... silly question... when you boot the system, are you letting it default to new kernel? I ask because you have default specified as "linux". But the label entry for the kernel says "Linux". I'm pretty sure the uppercase L makes a difference. Change the label entry to "linux" and also check the label entry for your old kernel. It may still say "linux". If so, change it to something like "linux-2.4.18-3".

Of course, after making these changes, be sure to run lilo.

Rick