new kernel

[tr_one]

I have been reading everything that I could find about this. I must be missing something. I have compiled a new kernel (Linux 2.4.18-3) and i have yet to get it to boot. so I have come here to ask;

1) how do I get it to boot
2) if I do get it to boot. How can I tell that I have

I should say that I boot from a floppy disk.
If this is just to much information to give here, I'll understand. please point me to the right information.  

thanks all

[voidmain]

First browse through this. Then once you have the kernel and modules built and installed properly you'll need to refer to the boot loader (LILO or GRUB) to add an entry for it so you can boot the new kernel without wiping out your old kernel just in case you've done something wrong in the new kernel you can go back to the old kernel and fix the problem with the new one. Also doesn't hurt to make a boot disk containing the old kernel in case you screw up the boot loader.

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

[creedon]

quote:Originally posted by tr_one:
I have been reading everything that I could find about this. I must be missing something. I have compiled a new kernel (Linux 2.4.18-3) and i have yet to get it to boot. so I have come here to ask;

1) how do I get it to boot
2) if I do get it to boot. How can I tell that I have

I should say that I boot from a floppy disk.
If this is just to much information to give here, I'll understand. please point me to the right information.  

thanks all

First, what distro are you using?  How did you do your install?  When you installed your new kernel, did you run /sbin/lilo?  We need this kind of information before anyone can help you.

[voidmain]

The instructions for adding the new kernel to LILO/GRUB are in the KERNEL-HOWTO that I referenced.  For GRUB, your config would end up looking something like this:

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