Tried to upgrade kernel

[crazy01]

Hi,

i tried to update my kernel, and im fairly sure that it all went well except, i think there is a problem with the "/boot/grub/menu.lst" file

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24 root=/dev/hda3 ro
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.24 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24 root=/dev/hda3 ro single
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/hda3 ro
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
savedefault

title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-5-686 (single-user mode)
root (hd0,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686 root=/dev/hda3 ro single
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686
savedefault

i think the problem is that i have no initrd /boot/initrd.img........ line in the menu.

the contents of my "/boot" folder is:

config-2.6.18-5-686 initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686 System.map-2.6.24
config-2.6.24 initrd.img-2.6.18-5-686.bak vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-686
grub System.map-2.6.18-5-686 vmlinuz-2.6.24

in the instructions i was following it said to edit the etc/lilo.conf file, but this part didnt work, my /etc/lilo.conf has no text in it
Please Help

[oz]

Yes, it's correct for the lilo.conf file to be empty since your system is using GRUB as the bootloader.

It's been quite some time since I last ran Debian but I was thinking that you could use apt to update the working kernel, which might be an easier route for you. If you should wish to manually compile and install the kernel, I've always used this howto, and it's worked every time, at least so far.