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Re: kernel executable?

* Ron (ke7rt@clearwater.net) wrote:
> 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

re-run lilo -v.  make sure you've got the kernel images recognized by
lilo.  compressed kernel image doesn't have to be 'x', but boot loader
needs to know where things are.

cheers,
-chris
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