kernel version

[bakerb]

This vexes me . . . I am quite vexed

I am running mandrake 7.1.

I built and installed version 2.4.0 of the kernel. The vmlinuz ans System.map links point to the right stuff. lilo.conf is set to point to them as well. Everything seem to be pointing right.

however, when I boot up, the greeting above the login prompt says I am running 2.2.15 (released w/ md 7.1). Why? I am not really running that, am I?

Keep on rockin' in the free world . . .

-bakerb

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[Honcho]

You must run /sbin/lilo to update the /boot process to the changes you made to lilo.conf. It should then boot up under the new kernel. If I could, I'd like to make a suggestion that someone passed off to me before you do that. Change your lilo.conf so that you can boot up in both kernels as such. Then if you have trouble you can boot in the old kernel if you have problems with the new one.

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux


image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
label=linux
read-only
root=/dev/hda5

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0
label=new
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.0.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda5




[This message has been edited by Honcho (edited 26 January 2001).]

[demian]

Originally posted by bakerb:
...when I boot up, the greeting above the login prompt says I am running 2.2.15 (released w/ md 7.1).

This is just a login message. type uname -r to get your kernel version.

[klamath]

This is just a login message

I believe login will read the kernel version and display that. Or at least, whenever I update my kernel, login is always smart enough to figure it out and update itself.

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