New Kernel
 

ok I tried to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.19 to 2.4.20.
first i downloaded the kernel source.
then i did the xconfig
then i did make dep
then make bzImage (zImage gave an error about being too big.
then mv bzImge to the boot dir
then make modules
then make modules_install
then changed the lilo.conf to include the new image
image=/boot/bzImage
label=new
then lilo to load the images
reboot
when lilo comes up i select ´new´ and my computer just restarts.
i select just linux (the other image) and everything loads up but when i do uname -r, my old kernel version comes up

where did i go wrong?
Thanks in advance

I'm guessing that if make bzImage gave an error that it was too big, you're newly compiled kernel simply isn't going to work.

I'd do a couple of things
1) Make copies of your old vmlinux and System.map so if your next kernel also goes kablooie, you still have a backup. After learning the hard way, I now have a vmlinuz.good and System.good that I can always use.

2) Did you actually name your kernel bzImage?

in my lilo.conf the line is

image=/boot/vmlinuz

as far as I know, just using the standard compile creates a kernel called vmlinuz, not bzImage.

3) Head over to the Slackware section of the Distribution forum. DaOne has posted a very good explanation of how to compile a kernel including how and why to use make install after make bzImage.

i think bzImage is correct

did u forget to do '/sbin/lilo -v' ?
make sure your lilo.conf reflex the change you made