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   Henrik Carlqvist to Petri Kaukasoina   
   Re: Updating to current   
   08 Dec 23 06:25:29   
   
   From: Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com   
      
   On Thu, 07 Dec 2023 06:21:33 +0000, Petri Kaukasoina wrote:   
      
   > root   wrote:   
   >>After customizing the installation I tried slackpkg upgrade and, with   
   >>lots of deleting and installing,   
   >>it produced a system that did not boot. It was as if the kernel did not   
   >>match the modules.   
   >   
   >  "Be sure to upgrade your initrd after upgrading the kernel packages.   
   >   If you use lilo to boot your machine, be sure lilo.conf points to the   
   >   correct kernel and initrd and run lilo as root to update the   
   >   bootloader.   
   >   If you use elilo to boot your machine, you should run eliloconfig to   
   >   copy the kernel and initrd to the EFI System Partition."   
      
   Yes most likely the boot loader is still loading the old kernel which no   
   longer has any matching modules installed.   
      
   regards Henrik   
      
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