lilo question

[warsteiner]

ok. i have takin my first whack at kernel compilation. the 'make' steps all went fine, cept when i edit my lilo.conf and run lilo i get:

blah# lilo

Added floppy
Added old
Added new
No images have been defined

blah#

when i boot i dont get the option for the bran spankin new kernel or the old crusty stinky one.

i used the Kernel NHF off LN, and another quite extensive Linux Kernel HOWTO off Linux Doc Project.

"i did the work, im not a slacker". "baby steps to the kernel compilation, baby steps t........"

[This message has been edited by warsteiner (edited 12 January 2001).]

[MBMarduk]

Did you get the formatting in lilo.conf alright?
Could it be the line "image = /boot/vmlinuz.foo" is mangled or missing suddenly?

[Craig McPherson]

When asking what's wrong with your lilo.conf, it would be really super-deluxe swell if you could post your lilo.conf. Thanks tons.

[warsteiner]

the linux machine in Q is at my work location unfortunatly, and i wont get back to it till monday.

as far as the vmlinuz.foo, i saw not of this entry.

again, i followed the NHF here off Linuxnewbie, and about to the T. "about" = the NHF assumed i was changing kernel versions, but i was simply adding kernel support in the flavor of a patch.

[The King Ant]

Yeah, posting your lilo.conf file would be snazzy. Do you have a "default=old" line or something near the top of the file?

[warsteiner]

no. i tried default=old, new, and left it as linux to no avail.

what i can say about the lilo file is that its not much differant than the default, and it has been modified only by what the NHF on LN instructed.


Originally posted by The King Ant:
Yeah, posting your lilo.conf file would be snazzy. Do you have a "default=old" line or something near the top of the file?