[olug] Can't boot to 2.6 Kernel

[CM Miller]

--- Daniel Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> In a previous post to the OLUG group, I noticed two
> things:
> 1: The output from lilo shows the "names" of each
> kernel that it finds and
> installs into the boot loader.  The one that is the
> default is marked with
> a "*" at the end.  In the output I saw, the default
> was still the 2.4
> kernel.  Just make sure you are choosing the 2.6
> kernel when the LILO boot
> prompt comes up.
> 2: The output from a "mkinitrd" complained about a
> directory not being
> found.  The actual command line copied to the OLUG
> mailing list had an
> extra "#" appended to the end of the command line,
> and the error output
> from mkinitrd complained about not finding a
> directory named
> "/usr/src/linux2.6.3#" (note the "#" at the end).
> (checking through the archives...)
> Here is the output that CM Miller copied to us:
> > I've done the following:
> >
> > root at xanadu:/boot# mkinitrd -o
> /boot/initrd.2.6.3.gz
> > /usr/src/linux.2.6.3#
> > /usr/sbin/mkinitrd: /usr/src/linux.2.6.3#: Not a
> > directory
> 
> Did anyone else notice those?
> 

linux.2.6.3# is a directory, why it say it isn't?

So I will be able to reboot and choose the kernel of
my choice (2.4 or 2.6) even though I get an error
message each time I re-run ./sbin/lilo?



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