Upgrade from Slackware 13.0 to 13.1

njb · 08-05-2010, 11:46 AM

I rebooted with a live CD of another distro just to access to the drive,
and particulary /etc/lilo.conf
So I found this :
image= /boot/vmlinuz
root= /dev/sda6
label= Linux
read-only

When I go to /boot directory
I can find this
vmlinuz (link to unknown)
vmlinuz-generic-2.6.33.4
vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.33.4-smp
vmlinuz-huge-2.6.33.4
vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.33.4-smp

Do I have to change this line ?
image= /boot/vmlinuz
and put this one
vmlinuz-generic-2.6.33.4

:-) NjB )

njb · 08-05-2010, 01:04 PM

I checked property of the link
vmlinuz (link to unknown)
I found it is pointing to
vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.33.4-smp

NjB

njb · 08-05-2010, 02:06 PM

I can see the message
Loading Linux ................................
and then it reboot
So it seems that the problem is not lilo
it seems to be a problem in the kernel

:z/
NjB

hoanglong1712 · 08-05-2010, 02:30 PM

if it was the fault of kernel, you would replace it, and
all things run well.

onebuck · 08-05-2010, 06:00 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by njb

I rebooted with a live CD of another distro just to access to the drive,
and particulary /etc/lilo.conf
So I found this :
image= /boot/vmlinuz
root= /dev/sda6
label= Linux
read-only

When I go to /boot directory
I can find this
vmlinuz (link to unknown)
vmlinuz-generic-2.6.33.4
vmlinuz-generic-smp-2.6.33.4-smp
vmlinuz-huge-2.6.33.4
vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.33.4-smp

Do I have to change this line ?
image= /boot/vmlinuz
and put this one
vmlinuz-generic-2.6.33.4

:-) NjB )

Default install is linked to 'lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2010-07-28 11:58 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-huge-2.6.33.4'. If you plan on using the generic kernel then be sure to create a 'initrd'. You can read the '/boot/README.initrd' to see how.

njb · 08-06-2010, 12:42 PM

Hello,

I just begun a new installation of slack 13.1

I didn't succed in my upgrade from 13.0
My upgrades went pretty well
But I had a problem rebooting
Linux begun to load and then reboot again.
I tried to get into the drive again booting with a bootable CD,
but things wheren't the same as within the upgrade.
May be I missed some steps during upgrade.

NjB

Lufbery · 08-06-2010, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by njb

May be I missed some steps during upgrade.
NjB

It's possible. The biggest change between 13 and 13.1 is the Libata switch -- that is, disks regardless of their type (IDE or SATA) all get the the "sd" prefix (e.g. sda1, sdb1, etc.).

It's possible that you had trouble with that switchover.

No worries, though, it is through struggling with this stuff that we learn. At least that's been my experience.

Regards,

njb · 08-08-2010, 06:18 AM

I always had problem to really master LILO, initrd or GRUB.

NjB