lilo and linux kernel2.6

hello folks,

just been through the scary process of upgrading to the new linux kernel2.6 - everything seemd fine (building the kernel, make module and make install) .... copied the necessary files fo my /boot I also upgraded the /etc/lilo.conf but when i execute lilo it got this message :

Fatal: Kernel /home/professor/software/kernel2.6/linux-2.6.11.11/vmlinux is too big

by the way I found that maybe older version of lilo 'i.e.lilo18 or older' dont support big zimage but my package is lilo-22.5

anyone who had already upgradede to the new kernel2.6? any idea?

thanx

p.s. this is what my /etc/lilo.conf lok like now:

image = /home/professor/software/kernel2.6/linux-2.6.11.11/vmlinux
root = /dev/hda5
label = slack10.1
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking

how big is your boot partition, if you have a smaller one, mine for example is only 32mb, then you may not have enough room for many kernels. Find out and you may need to erase the old one from the boot partition so that the new one will fit, make sure you have a boot disk incase this borks though

Have you tried:

Code:

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#make install

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That should create a compressed image if your vmlinux (vmlinuz) and place it in the root (/) directlry. You can then edit the lilo.conf file to point to it. Here is what mine looks like:

Code:

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# LILO configuration file
#
# Start LILO global section
lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
boot = /dev/hda
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
prompt
append = "resume=/dev/hda2"
timeout = 50
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
vga = 790

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Linux
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Linux_old
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends

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vmlinux is not the correct file I think, the zipped kernel is in
/kernel/source/arch/i386/boot/bzImage . Use that one and specify it in your lilo.conf.

thank you all for your suggestions - will give it a try :D

well.... guys thanx a lot but, as usual with my luck, nothing worked and linux wont boot anymore which means that I'll have to reinstall everything and "maybe" try again another time (maybe when I got more time off UNI) - at the moment wish me luck with the whole installation again, ... and thank you ALL :shock:

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Originally Posted by operator

by the way I found that maybe older version of lilo 'i.e.lilo18 or older' dont support big zimage but my package is lilo-22.5

anyone who had already upgradede to the new kernel2.6? any idea?

image = /home/professor/software/kernel2.6/linux-2.6.11.11/vmlinux
root = /dev/hda5
label = slack10.1
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking

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did you compile the image to "vmlinux" or "bzImage"? If you compiled it to "bzImage" in that dir...then you are pointing lilo to the wrong file...lilo probably found a file/symlink for "vmlinux" which is hideously too big.

change the lilo entry to reflect whatever you compiled your kernel in.

and i upgraded to 2.6.11.11 on my busted ass gateway laptop and it works fine...and am running the same ver of lilo, so i don't think it's an incompatibility....i think it's a misconfiguration.


and you can still save that install bro...first disk of the install set into the drive, and follow the first screen of instructions you can see on the screen once it boots of CD...

you can plop it into a kernel and log in as root to fix that botched config! it's not all lost yet.

thanx buddy, i'll give it a go right now!

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did you compile the image to "vmlinux" or "bzImage"? If you compiled it to "bzImage" in that dir...then you are pointing lilo to the wrong file...lilo probably found a file/symlink for "vmlinux" which is hideously too big.

change the lilo entry to reflect whatever you compiled your kernel in.

and i upgraded to 2.6.11.11 on my busted ass gateway laptop and it works fine..

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I compiled the new kernel to bzImage in that exact directory you saw in my lilo.conf but i cant find any such file in the entire directory - and that's exactly the reason why I added 'vmlinux' in my lilo (cos I couldnt find 'bzImage') - the only 'bzImage' file that i can find on my /dev/had is on /boot but when i tried to point on it slack did not boot and it gave a kernel panic error message

any idea on what/where i can point my lilo to?

sorry quick correction - I found a bzImage on the directory to which I compiled and built the kernel but when i point lilo.conf to that I get this error message:

Unrecognized token "bzImage" at or above line 36 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'

other than that still on standby, :?: