Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Olaf" == Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Olaf> "Robert Hood, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi, this list has been really helpful so far. > >> > >> just a newbie question: I've read that the short answer to when > >> to upgrade my kernal is *never* -- but my gateway 2500 needs > >> some usb support not in the current kernal (2.2). Is there > >> something like "apt-get" for a new kernal that will hold my > >> hand through the process? > > Olaf> host:~# /usr/bin/apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18 > > Olaf> should be a decent starting point. The postinst script does > Olaf> a pretty good job of making sure you will be able to > Olaf> (re)boot with your brand new kernel as the default. Eh, > Olaf> assuming you have not messed with the lilo setup too much. > > This works and is a great suggestion. > > Just FYI, it will give you a warning about initrd during the install > that might scare you, but is self explanatory. Don't worry about it.
Sorry, forgot about that! > Go to a different console, load /etc/lilo.conf into an editor, and add > a line like 'initrd=/initrd.img' like the message from the installer > says. Save the file, continue with the installation. As long as you > have the /vmlinux.old image in lilo.conf that was put in by the > original install there is very little chance that you will end up with > a non bootbale system. Just adding the initrd= line to your /etc/lilo.conf ought to be enough indeed. -- Olaf Meeuwissen Epson Kowa Corporation, CID GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 LPIC-2 -- I hack, therefore I am -- BOFH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
