Very Computer

calling for help once more...

I have downloaded the suse-kernel 2.0.35 (before that I had 2.0.33).
Compiling seemed to have gone well, but after executing 'make zlilo'
the system still booted the old kernel. So I copied the zImage to
/vmlinuz by hand, and it worked - but I recompiled it (in disregard of
the 'never touch a running system' wisdom) because I wanted yet
another module supported. Then by chance I read on in the SuSE
handbook and found that one should also copy System.map to the 'main
directory'. I assumed they were talking of /,  so I copied
/usr/src/linux/System.map to /System.map.

Since then Linux doesn't boot anymore, Lilo stops with LIL-, which
means 'the data in the map file is invalid', according to the
handbook...

Is there a way to fix the problem? I can still boot with a boot disk,
but the earlier I could get it back to normal, the better...

Many thanks in advance!

Bjoern

Bjoern

In RH System.map is a link to the map you'r using eg:
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           19 Aug  9 12:54 System.map ->
System.map-2.0.35-2

: Since then Linux doesn't boot anymore, Lilo stops with LIL-, which
: means 'the data in the map file is invalid', according to the
: handbook...

Did you run /sbin/lilo after you compiled and copied to /vmlinuz ?
(I hope you cp'd the old image to a safe place first...)
Theo
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Many thanks for your reply! I have solved the problem in the meantime.
I did run lilo loads of times  :-) Only I forgot that I was using the
nt boot loader, too, and I needed to copy the bootsector to the nt
partition, too...

Bjoern