Hi,

I'm new to the group and also new to Debian. I have some old cds with a
Woody 2.2 kernel system on them, which doesn't have device support I
need. I'm trying to update to a Sarge 2.4 kernel. When I run aptitude
install I get a message saying I need to modify to lilo.conf. The
problem is I'm booting off a floppy.

I tried ignoring the message, and the system booted with the old 2.2
kernel. I have no idea have to make a floppy to correctly boot the 2.4
kernel.

Thanks in advance.

Bob

On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 05:34:41 GMT, Robert Kaplan
<belovedbobNo@Spamgreennet.net> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the group and also new to Debian. I have some old cds with a
> Woody 2.2 kernel system on them, which doesn't have device support I
> need. I'm trying to update to a Sarge 2.4 kernel. When I run aptitude
> install I get a message saying I need to modify to lilo.conf. The
> problem is I'm booting off a floppy.
>
> I tried ignoring the message, and the system booted with the old 2.2
> kernel. I have no idea have to make a floppy to correctly boot the 2.4
> kernel.
>
Modify the lilo.conf file as it tells you. If you want to keep booting
off a floppy, the lilo.conf file should contain "boot=/dev/fd0"
(assuming an internal floppy drive, not USB). The kernel and initrd
don't have to be on the floppy, but their locations should be in the
lilo.conf, and you should have a floppy in the drive when you run
/sbin/lilo.