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prince_kenshi
02-17-2001, 08:16 PM
I have just compiled the new kernel as explained in the NHF's. The problem is that none of them describe how to load the new kernel with a floppy. I don't even have an /etc/lilo.conf file. I have Windows 2000 on the same computer so I'd rather not install lilo on the MBR. How can I make a boot disk to load the new kernel instead of the old one?
EscapeCharacter
02-17-2001, 08:44 PM
you could install lilo on the first sector of the linux partition and make that active, that way you dont have to worry about the mbr issues and youll be able you to boot both windows and linux with no floppy
prince_kenshi
02-17-2001, 08:47 PM
Maybe I asked too soon. I tried something I saw in another NHF that I didn't think would work but I tried it and it did. I just had to use different filenames. But I'm still having major problems. It doesn't seem to want to load any modules. I tried loading emu10k which I definately compiled as a module in the kernel and it says that it cannot be found. I tried dialing up with wvdial but it choked when it got to loading ppp so I'm back on the old kernel. I looked through /etc/modules.conf but didn't see anything that looked like a path to modules. It was mostly cryptic to me though. Can anyone help me out?
prince_kenshi
02-17-2001, 08:53 PM
Originally posted by EscapeCharacter:
you could install lilo on the first sector of the linux partition and make that active, that way you dont have to worry about the mbr issues and youll be able you to boot both windows and linux with no floppy

Well wouldn't making the partition active change the MBR? My Linux partition is on the second disk too so I don't know if that will work. If I can load lilo on the MBR of my second hard drive and tell bios to load from it and Windows still work, I'll be happy with that. I don't know of a way to tell it to install on the second MBR though. And changing it to boot from the second hard drive might mess up how my operating systems see the hard drive order. But I'm content with booting off a floppy for now if I can just get my kernel functioning properly.