Grub and kernel

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Posted by b3nz, 07-09-2008, 03:42 PM
Hello, i compiled my kernel and i have problem.. i dont have lilo on my server so i dont know how to change the grub.conf file to boot my new kernel.. any thoughts? thanks
Posted by sirius, 07-09-2008, 03:46 PM
Moved to Technical and Security Issues.... Sirius
Posted by simonapnic, 07-09-2008, 03:50 PM
Yes, go to /boot/grub first. Open up menu.lst and put something like: title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-6-686 root (hd0,2) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-686 root=/dev/sda3 ro initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-6-686 savedefault That's how it looks like on a Debian with kernel 2.6.18-6-686.
Posted by Gary Brahmi, 07-10-2008, 07:47 AM
The answer is partially correct. The reason I say partially is because the actual file which needs to be edited is /boot/grub/grub.conf. menu.lst in /boot/grub is nothing but a symbolic link to the grub.conf under the same folder. So technically the answer is edit the grub.conf file under /boot/grub folder.
Posted by ub3r, 07-10-2008, 08:51 AM
not on all distributions dude.
Posted by Gary Brahmi, 07-10-2008, 08:57 AM
Ofcourse not on all distributions. But if I am not mistaken grub is more related to Fedora Project distributions and that's what my answer was referring to.
Posted by ub3r, 07-10-2008, 09:01 AM
Many distributions use grub. As I can remember, fedora, centos, and the rest of the redhat copycats use grub. Freebsd has it's own boot manager. Opensolaris uses grub. I think grub is starting to outnumber lilo as the boot manager on most distributions. Does anybody know what distributions are using lilo these days? Gentoo supports both lilo and grub.
Posted by Gary Brahmi, 07-10-2008, 09:20 AM
Yes you are right with the distros mentioned and that is what I referred to. Maybe you have been more precise I don't remember any distro running with lilo, maybe some BSD but not sure though.