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From: "Hemmann
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel Version
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 00:02:05
Message-Id: 200511010052.01167.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Kernel Version by karlos
1 On Monday 31 October 2005 23:41, karlos wrote:
2 > hi,
3 >
4 > I have found that, even after various attempts, I can not make my system
5 > use the new kernel I have just compiled.
6 > I proceeded in the following order:
7 >
8 > first:
9 > emerge gentoo-sources
10 >
11 > then:
12 > cd /usr/src
13 > ls
14 > linux linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5
15 > ln -sf linux-2.6.13-gentoo-r5 linux
16 >
17 > then:
18 > make menuconfig and
19 > make && make modules_install
20 >
21 > then change /etc/lilo.conf to the new(and only) kernel
22 >
23 > yet still:
24 >
25 > uname -r
26 > 2.6.12-gentoo-r6
27 >
28 > Why? This was during an attempt to compile Beagle.
29 >
30
31 you forgot:
32
33 'make install'
34
35 or better:
36 'make all modules_install install'
37
38 and everything will be fine - if your lilo-conf points to 'vmlinuz' and
39 'vmlinuz.old' of course.
40 It will even rerun lilo for you.
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