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Re: [LUG] Upgrading Kernels



Make sure /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old point to the right kernels in /boot,
and if it's a initrd kernel (I don't think the woody kernels are) make
sure that /initrd.img points to the right ramdisk image in /boot. 

Then double check your lilo.conf, running lilo again just to make sure
the boot loader is installed correctly for the new kernel.

However, the debian kernel-package tool used to build kernels is pretty
good and the scripts it uses to install a new kernel are designed not
fsck up your machine if the new kernel doesn't work i.e. the old kernel
is added as a secondary kernel in the lilo.conf and can be selected by
pressing ctrl on boot.


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