David R. Litwin wrote: > I currently have Sarge, Kernel 2.6.8 and would like to upgrade to 2.6.10 > (The newest kernel). It is not available via aptitude (That gives me > only my current Kernel). So, what do I do? > > Thank you in advance. >
No offense, but if you have to ask, you may want to do a bit more learning. Regardless, there are basically 3 options: 1. Official kernel-image from Debian 2. Official kernel-source from Debian 3. Vanilla source from kernel.org If you just want a more recent kernel image, you can add sid to your sources.list (or change from sarge to sid). Once that is done, do an 'aptitude update' and you should have the latest images available. You can also go to http://packages.debian.org and search for the latest packages and download directly from the website. The same holds for the official kernel-source. However, this will require you to compile your own kernel. If you are interested in compiling your own kernel, this is the safest way to go (along with the tools in kernel-package and a visit to the newbiedoc project on sf.net: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html Option 3 is not to be taken lightly. It is only recommended if you are absolutely certain that the Debian kernel-image or kernel-source will *not* work for you, or if you are a kernel hacker. Occasionally, the kernels that are shipped from kernel.org contain serious bugs or security vulnerabilities. There is also a good chance that if such a bug is discovered, it will not be fixed until a future release and you would be the one that has to patch the kernel yourself. Hopefully this has been at least informative. Just consider at least that if your current kernel works for you and the latest one does not provide support for some new hardware that you need or some really great improvement in performance/reliability/stability, then you may want to stick with what you have. I know it does not sound particularly glamorous, but why give yourself a chance to screw things up for no reason. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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