Andrew Perrin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'd like to use kernel 2.4.20 because (apparently) it drives my machine's > built-in sound
> But I don't want to upgrade to testing or unstable in general. How crazy > is it to do this? What will I break? (I'm comfortable self-compiling > kernels.) I suspect you'll actually be just fine; woody should have all of the parts necessary to compile and run 2.4.x kernels, if you're not running one already. > If I do it, is the best way to download kernel-source-2.4.20.deb and then > do a dpkg -i locally, or should I tweak /etc/apt/sources.list? Doing that should work (you'll get a tarball in /usr/src), or you can go off and download the upstream source from http://www.kernel.org/, either way. <usual plug for kernel-package> -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
