Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:slrnc79ben.qj.joostkremers@j.kremers4.news.ar nhem.chello.nl:

> hi me wrote:
>> GRUB boots the Slackware kernel but it panics :-(
>> I presume it panics because it's the vmlinuz-ide-2.4.20
>
> probably, because your slack is on a scsi disc, but this kernel
> probably doesn't have scsi support.

^Right. No scsi support in this kernel. I need to install
the *adaptec.s* kernel. I installed the system with the adaptec.s kernel,
and am mystified as to why I ended up with the ide kernel.
Q: How do I now install the adaptec.s kernel?
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>
>> instead of *the one with which I installed the system* (adaptec.s).
>> When I try to "CONFIGURE" the Slackware install from the ncurses
>> menu ("setup" at the root prompt after booting from CD), it seems to
>> accept my choice to install a new kernel from the cd-rom (I choose
>> adaptec.s), and the configuration closes without errors but the
>> kernel remains the ide- 2.4.20 :-(
>> How can I change which kernel Slackware boots from if I can't boot it
>> up?
>
> well, slack uses lilo as boot manager, but i assume that you skip that
> part of the setup because you use grub. what you'll need to do is
> configure grub to boot the adaptec.s kernel. since i've never used
> grub, i have no idea how to do that, but i assume it involves
> modifying grub's config file. ;-)
>

The adaptec.s kernel is not installed on the Slackware disk. If it was,
I could have GRUB boot it......
Q: How do I now install the adaptec.s kernel?
Thank you.