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kernel executable?

I am running ReHat Linux 7.1  with the Linux kernel-2.4.2.

Am attempting to compile a new kernel 

 RPM'd the kernal souce files from the RedHat CDROM to /usr/src/kernel-2.4.2

I used the "Kernel How-To Ver4.4 to compile the kernel which  ia at:

 /usr/src/lermel-2.4.2/arch/i386/boot/bzImage

I moved this to /boot as bzImage.myker

Modified Lilo.conf to accept bzImage.myker as an alternate  boot

Booted and failed (repeatedly) at about  the Interactive query?????

During much headscratching I saw that bzImage.myker was not an executable
file (*) but the original kernel of  /boot/vmlinux-2.4.2 was executable???.

Why is the bzImage.myker not an executable or does it have to be??????



Thanks,  Ron


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