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maybe your using grub? haha just kidding
you probably didnt copy bzImage or didnt config lilo correctly, I assume this is your lilo settings:
# new compile kernel
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = linux
# old kernel
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = linux
either you have 2 "label=linux" or 2 "image = /boot/vmlinuz"
anyway try this:
cd to /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/linux-2.6.3
cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/bzImage-2.6.3
cp System.map /boot/System.map
cd /boot
cp vmlinuz vmlinuz-2.4.bak
rm -f vmlinuz
ln -s bzImage-2.6.3 vmlinuz
then edit lilo.conf
# kernel 2.6.3
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdax # /dev/hdax <-- change x to the number of the root partition
Label = linux-2.6.3
read-only
# old kernel 2.4.22
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.bak
root = /dev/hdax # same as above
label = linux-2.4.22
read-only
then save and exit
run lilo
if you get no errors then reboot
*it took me 28 tries to compile 2.6.2 and only 1 try for 2.6.3. try all possible solutions maybe you forgot to "make mrproper", or maybe you forgot to "rm -Rf linux" before you "ln -s linux2.6 linux"*
To avoid forgetting compile steps, I've written a script that does (almost) everything for me It's 234 lines in all it's niceness - anyone care to see it?
EDIT: Bah, no need to answer that - I'll post a link to it later today (don't have time now), instead of posting the whole script here.
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