2.6 kernel will only boot when I select it with LILO
 

Hello everyone!
Knoppix HDD install here, and I am racking my brains to figure out what's wrong. If I let it choose 2.4 at boot, it will not boot. the kernel panics, and it freezes up. If I choose 2.6 at boot, it boots fine, but it's not my default. I have tried changing the default string to the name of the 2.6 kernel and then I ran lilo, but it still (tries to) boot 2.4. any ideas?

you can just remove the 2.4-section from the lilo.conf file and run lilo.
( and maybe build a new 2.4 that works )

egag

I tried commenting out the lines in the lilo.conf file that aren't part of the 2.6 kernel boot section. It starts booting, and then it hangs right as it's copying system configuration to /etc/modules. How would I go about making a 2.4 kernel that works?

It's so odd because when I select the 2.6 kernel from LILO, it boots, but every method I've tried to make 2.6 the default causes it not to boot. what gives?

well...maybe post your lilo,conf file here.
and there are many "howto's" and threads on this site about kernel compiling, only i don't know if Knoppix has got a compiler with it.

egag

All right, I got a thumb drive (one of those black friday deals) so I can finally get that lilo.conf file off the machine. How would you suggest I get that file? every time I try to mount the partition using a system rescue disc, I get only an empty lost+found directory. Is there something I'm missing?