In lilo.conf change vga=? to vga=773

it already is.
also tried changing it to: vga = normal, same results.

hey bashrc2 thanks and what do u mean run lilo again before restarting sorry im a n00b

just type "lilo" to run lilo

then you will see if lilo is working properly without any error.

if it has an error, then you have to fix it and run lilo again until you get no errors.

[root@slackware /usr/src]# lilo
Added Slackware-9.1 *
Added Failsafe
Added Windows-XP
Added RedHat-9

that is a sample of lilo without error... have a nice day :)

does this work with 2.6.3 ??

okay thanks i will try this out (trying it for the 1000th time hahahaah)

sneak
 

check page 2...

are you using nvidia? if so, dont install nvidia instead install vesa only and nothing else.

try agpgart = M

also under the "device drivers" "graphics support"

support framebuffer = y
and framebuffer console support = y <-- not Module

then follow steps in page 2

good luck

removing custom Kernel
 

How does one remove a custom kernel. I have installed 2.6.2 but want to upgrade to 2.6.3. (SLACK9.1)


Eric

Same problem here. Both labels are still only booting 2.4.22 kernel though.

I ran lilo after making the changes and no lilo errors.

What are your entries for lilo? That error seems self-explanatory but I assume you don't have two "Linux" labels in your lilo.

Strange...

Where is Lilo installed? MBR, /root, etc. Are you using any other boot loaders such as Windows, etc.?

maybe your using grub? haha just kidding
you probably didnt copy bzImage or didnt config lilo correctly, I assume this is your lilo settings:
# new compile kernel
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = linux
# old kernel
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = linux

either you have 2 "label=linux" or 2 "image = /boot/vmlinuz"

anyway try this:

cd to /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/linux-2.6.3
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.3
cp System.map /boot/System.map
cd /boot
cp vmlinuz vmlinuz-2.4.bak
rm -f vmlinuz
ln -s bzImage-2.6.3 vmlinuz

then edit lilo.conf

# kernel 2.6.3
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdax # /dev/hdax <-- change x to the number of the root partition
Label = linux-2.6.3
read-only

# old kernel 2.4.22
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.bak
root = /dev/hdax # same as above
label = linux-2.4.22
read-only

then save and exit
run lilo
if you get no errors then reboot

*it took me 28 tries to compile 2.6.2 and only 1 try for 2.6.3. try all possible solutions maybe you forgot to "make mrproper", or maybe you forgot to "rm -Rf linux" before you "ln -s linux2.6 linux"*

To avoid forgetting compile steps, I've written a script that does (almost) everything for me :) It's 234 lines in all it's niceness - anyone care to see it?

EDIT: Bah, no need to answer that - I'll post a link to it later today (don't have time now), instead of posting the whole script here.

OK, here is my kernel compile script. It makes my life a bit easier :)

Re: sneak
 

yeah I should have read more first, got it working now though. thx

whats the difference betwean make bzImage and just make btw, is image faster?