[olug] Can't boot to 2.6 Kernel

[CM Miller]

--- Daniel Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
> 
> Can you double check by doing the following and
> e-mailing us the output?
> 1: "ls -al /usr/src | grep linux.2.6.3"

root at xanadu:/usr/src# ls -al | grep linux.2.6.3
drwxrwxr-x   19 1046     1046         4096 Mar  6
09:44 linux-2.6.3
-rwx------    1 root     knoppix  192737280 Feb 21
20:03 linux-2.6.3.tar


> 2: "ls -al /usr/src/linux.2.6.3#"

total 11540
drwxrwxr-x   19 1046     1046         4096 Mar  6
16:26 .
drwxrwsr-x    5 1000     knoppix      4096 Feb 21
20:18 ..
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          457 Feb 21
20:58 ..tmp_kallsyms1.o.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          457 Feb 21
20:58 ..tmp_kallsyms2.o.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          579 Feb 21
20:58 ..tmp_vmlinux1.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          595 Feb 21
20:58 ..tmp_vmlinux2.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        37330 Feb 21
20:27 .config
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         4527 Feb 21
20:27 .config.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        37330 Feb 21
20:27 .config.old
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       414969 Feb 21
20:58 .tmp_kallsyms1.S
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       144440 Feb 21
20:58 .tmp_kallsyms1.o
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       414969 Feb 21
20:58 .tmp_kallsyms2.S
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       144440 Feb 21
20:58 .tmp_kallsyms2.o
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root         4096 Feb 21
20:28 .tmp_versions
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3095432 Feb 21
20:58 .tmp_vmlinux1
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3238925 Feb 21
20:58 .tmp_vmlinux2
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            2 Feb 21
20:58 .version
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          583 Feb 21
20:58 .vmlinux.cmd
-rw-r--r--    1 1046     1046        18691 Feb 18
04:58 COPYING
-rw-r--r--    1 1046     1046        85286 Feb 18
04:58 CREDITS
drwxrwxr-x   42 1046     1046         4096 Feb 18
04:59 Documentation
-rw-r--r--    1 1046     1046        51469 Feb 18
04:58 MAINTAINERS
-rw-r--r--    1 1046     1046        32443 Feb 18
04:58 Makefile
-rw-r--r--    1 1046     1046        14489 Feb 18
04:59 README
-rw-r--r--    1 1046     1046         2815 Feb 18
04:58 REPORTING-BUGS
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       662190 Feb 21
20:58 System.map
drwxrwxr-x   22 1046     1046         4096 Feb 18
04:57 arch
drwxrwxr-x    2 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:41 crypto
drwxrwxr-x   43 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:51 drivers
drwxrwxr-x   52 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:40 fs
drwxrwxr-x   34 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:28 include
drwxrwxr-x    2 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:58 init
drwxrwxr-x    2 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:40 ipc
drwxrwxr-x    3 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:33 kernel
drwxrwxr-x    4 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:58 lib
drwxrwxr-x    2 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:35 mm
drwxrwxr-x   32 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:57 net
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root            0 Mar  6
16:26 output
drwxrwxr-x    6 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:28 scripts
drwxrwxr-x    3 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:41 security
drwxrwxr-x   15 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:51 sound
drwxrwxr-x    2 1046     1046         4096 Feb 21
20:28 usr
-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root      3238925 Feb 21
20:58 vmlinux


> 
> > 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?
> 
> I don't have a system with LILO anymore -- went the
> way of the Grub... :)
> 
> When you run /sbin/lilo, and it has no errors, I
> think it just spits back
> the label of each kernel it found in the config
> file.  If you run
> "/sbin/lilo -v -t", what output does it spit back?
>
 
root at xanadu:/sbin# ./lilo -v -t
LILO version 22.5.8 (test mode), Copyright (C)
1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2003
John Coffman
Released 10-Oct-2003, and compiled at 15:58:18 on Oct
11 2003
Compiled for Debian GNU/Linux.

Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Using MENU secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-xfs
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.gz
Added Linux *

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.2.6.3.gz
Fatal: Empty map section



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