Re: kernel update problem

["A. Konstam" <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 04:28:56PM -0600, Mate Wierdl wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 06:42:23PM +0000, Tim Waugh wrote:
> > Looks like you forgot to run lilo.
> > 
> 
> Indeed, this was the only thing I had to do.
> 
> Interesting.  So running lilo without any option somehow updates
> /etc/issue, and makes sure /proc/version is fine after the next boot. 
> Also, it makes sure that the tools in modutils are searching the right
> directory. 
> 
> Again, in my lilo.conf, I do not specify the kernel version; I just
> have
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> 
> So what does lilo do to make all this happen?
> 
> Thx,
> 
> Mate
> 
> -- 
> ---
I'll bet /boot/vmlinuz is a soft link to a kernel.
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