3.2.29 kernel and Lilo
Slackware 14 uses 3.2.29 kernel. in my boot directory after upgrading are vmlinuz-generic-smp-3.2.29-smp and vmlinuz-huge-smp-3.2.29-smp, etc. Is there a difference in these, and which should lilo point to?
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See the "switch to a generic kernel" part on this page, it explains them very well.
In short, you want a generic kernel running the system after you're done with the installation, since it runs a little bit faster and loads fewer things. |
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Any way to manually move the new lilo conf to MBR? For now I cant bootmy computer either way. |
Ive been using these directions that I found on a different threadZ
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~#mkdir /slacktemp #temporary mount point "Fatal: Default image doesn't exist." Not sure what that means. It says it added Code:
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-generic-3.2.29 |
You need to create an initrd.gz for the generic kernel to work
Add an entry to similar to this Code:
image = /boot/vmlinuz Code:
sh /usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh Code:
image = /boot/vmlinuz-generic-3.2.29 |
why cant I use /dev/root anymore? It returns
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Fatal: Illegal 'root=' specification: /dev/root |
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use it if it works
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initrd = /boot/initrd.gz I think that is what was missing! The output from lilo is different now. Thanks! |
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at the lilo prompt hit tab select the entry for the generic kernel type root=/dev/sda2 then boot if it works then add the line
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append = "root=/dev/sda2" |
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mounting /dev/sda2 on /mnt failed: no such device |
I am sure it is /dev/sda2, because the command
# df -h produces sda2 in the '/' root. |
Are you able to boot slackware with the huge kernel?
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