[ale] Re:Can't boot after compiling Kernel

[Geoffrey]

Marvin Dickens wrote:
> On Saturday 22 February 2003 04:21 pm, Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> 
>>make mrproper
>>make xconfig
>>make dep
>>make bzImage
>>make install (if you're using lilo)
>>make modules
>>make modules_install
>>
>>Did you forget to make/install your modules???  Did you make your
>>bzImage????
> 
> 
> Running the command "make install" prior to test booting the kernel off of a 
> floppy diskette can be  dangerous. The way I do it is as follows:
> 
> make mrproper
> make xconfig
> make bzImage
> make bzdisk
> make modules
> make modules_install
> 
> Then I boot from the floppy boot image I made with the command "make bzdisk". 
> If the floppy disk works and the machine boots and behaves properly, I then 
> run the command "make install". 
> 
> By doing it this way, if you hork the compile, you still have the old kernel 
> image installed and can boot from it without any resorting to emergency 
> de-horking and try again. 

As I've always said in the past, backup.  Whenever I build a new kernel, 
I always modify my boot so that I can boot the new kernel as well as the 
previous one.  That said, either solution is reasonable as long as you 
have the opportunity to return to the previous kernel.

-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
Think about it...

_______________________________________________
Ale mailing list
Ale at ale.org
http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale