Re: [suse-sparc] Kernel upgrade from 2.2.20 to 2.4.19

From: Bart Schelstraete (bschelst_at_bru-hub.dhl.com)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 17:55:19 CET

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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 17:55:19 +0100
From: Bart Schelstraete <bschelst@bru-hub.dhl.com>
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] Kernel upgrade from 2.2.20 to 2.4.19

    CERASI Eivan wrote:

    >I installed Suse 7.3 on a Sparc10 with silo in the Master Boot Record as I only run Linux.
    >
    >On /dev/sda my partitions are /boot and swap (small internal disk). I put the whole root directory on an external disk /dev/sdb
    >
    >On Suse FTP site I found an RPM package for kernel 2.4.19 in pub/people/kukuk/SPARC/kernel. I selected the default one as I don't use SMP (reserved for multiple processor configs). I thought this procedure would be straightforward rather than recompiling a 2.4.x kernel.
    >
    >After installing the package with package manager, I can't reboot. The sparc can't find the boot device and SILO doesn't start-up.
    >
    >I rebooted from CD-ROM in rescue mode and was able to mount the partitions. Everything looks OK. In /boot, silo.conf exists, a new vmlinuz is there and a System-2.4.19.map file.
    >
    >Anybody come across this before ?
    >
    >

    Can you tell use the exact error message that you're receiving?

    rgrds,

           Bart 

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