Hi
Well if you know the answer to my problem(s) (or as somebody is saying, there is no problems only tasks at hand), you are my God, no more than that, you are my Linux-Tux.
Just have to start by saying that I apt-get upgraded and got kernel-image-2.4.21-3-686, but still showing wrong kernel version
uname -a => Linux debian 2.4.21-1-686
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At /usr/src is linux -> /usr/src/kernel-headers-2-4-21-3
At root (/) is initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.4.21-3-686
At root (/) is initrd.img.old -> boot/initrd.img-2.4.21-2-686
At root (/) is vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-3-686
At root (/) is vmlinuz.old -> boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-2-686
dpkg -l | egrep kernel
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ii kcmlinuz 3.1.2-1 KDE Frontend for the Linux kernel configurat
ii kernel-doc-2.4 2.4.21-3 Linux kernel specific documentation for vers
ii kernel-headers 2.4.21-1 Header files related to Linux kernel version
ii kernel-headers 2.4.21-1 Linux kernel headers 2.4.21 on PPro/Celeron/
ii kernel-headers 2.4.21-2 Header files related to Linux kernel version
ii kernel-headers 2.4.21-2 Linux kernel headers 2.4.21 on PPro/Celeron/
ii kernel-headers 2.4.21-3 Header files related to Linux kernel version
ii kernel-headers 2.4.21-3 Linux kernel headers 2.4.21 on PPro/Celeron/
ii kernel-image-2 2.4.21-3 Linux kernel image for version 2.4 on PPro/C
rc kernel-image-2 2.4.16-1 Linux kernel image for version 2.4.16 on PPr
ii kernel-image-2 2.4.21-1 Linux kernel image for version 2.4.21 on PPr
ii kernel-image-2 2.4.21-2 Linux kernel image for version 2.4.21 on PPr
ii kernel-image-2 2.4.21-3 Linux kernel image for version 2.4.21 on PPr
ii pciutils 2.1.11-2 Linux PCI Utilities (for 2.[12345].x kernels
lilo.conf
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# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
# and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# | !! Reminder !! |
# | |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The |
# | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image |
# | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. |
# | |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32
# Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS'
# harddisk order. Use with caution.
#disk=/dev/hde
# bios=0x81
#disk=/dev/sda
# bios=0x80
# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hdc1
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hdc3
append="hdd=ide-scsi"
# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact
# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text
# Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map
# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000
# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20
# You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
prompt
timeout=150
# prompt
# single-key
# delay=100
# timeout=100
# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#
vga=normal
# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""
# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=Linux
image=/vmlinuz
initrd=/initrd.img
label=Linux
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
image=/vmlinuz.old
label=LinuxOLD
read-only
optional
# restricted
# alias=2
# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
# label=HURD
# restricted
# alias=3
other=/dev/hdc1
label="Linux(hdc1)"
other=/dev/hda1
label="Other(hda1)"
other=/dev/hda5
label="WinNT(hda5)"
other=/dev/hdb1
label="Other(hdb1)"
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As far as booting/lilo.conf goes. It seems to me that, when I "install" a "new" kernel it make the new kernel version boot-default and the old one Linux-old. If that is right, then I know something about Linux
