From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:22:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:22:15 -0500 Received: from APastourelles-101-1-2-119.abo.wanadoo.fr ([193.251.53.119]:3332 "HELO dark.mandrakesoft.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Fri, 26 Jan 2001 08:22:06 -0500 To: Miles Lane Cc: Russell King , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Running "make install" runs lilo on my Athlon but not my Pentium II. In-Reply-To: <200101222202.f0MM24s01811@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <3A713E8F.131C6589@megapathdsl.net> From: Chmouel Boudjnah Date: 26 Jan 2001 14:21:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: <3A713E8F.131C6589@megapathdsl.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Miles Lane writes: > Yes. The script exists on both machines, but I think you have > nailed the problem. The working machine is running RedHat 6.2 plus > a 2.4.0+ kernel. The other (the Athlon) is running Mandrake 7.2 plus > a 2.4.0+ kernel. On the working machine, the installkernel script > is just a shell script. While, on the problem machine, the script > is a PERL script written by chmouel@mandrakesoft.com. > So, Chmouel, what gives? Can you help me debug this? this installkernel script try to detect what kind of bootloader you have on your machine (since we ship GRUB and LILO), what the output of : /usr/sbin/detectloader give you (under the mdk machine). -- MandrakeSoft Inc http://www.chmouel.org --Chmouel - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/