I didn't have to do anything special except the shm filesystems to the fstab:
none /dev/shm shm defaults 0 0 just compiled the kernel with normal options, install, lilo and reboot. As per the updates, that'll be a little uglier. At work do you have access to a burner? Maybe mirror a mirror, burn, take home, and make a deb file entry? Robert Thus spake Matt Jones ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello, > I would like to update my kernel and I have tried before and it wouldn't > work because of the initrd problem that seems to be rather common. What > exactly needs to be done? I have found Howtos for redhat and others but they > do not work. Is there a Debian kernel howto? > I last tried upgrading the kernel just after 2.4.6 came out and ended up > reinstalling everything because nothing worked. > > > I have a P3 733mHz with an Adaptec 2940u2b scsi and a Matrox G450, the dist > that I have is potato 2.2r2 if that helps any. > > Another problem I have is updating the packages. I do not have a web > connection, so I would have to download everything on to zip from school and > bring it home. How can I get apt-get to find the packages on the zip disk? > > Thanks in advance, > Matt > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] :wq! --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert L. Harris | Micros~1 : Senior System Engineer | For when quality, reliability at RnD Consulting | and security just aren't \_ that important! DISCLAIMER: These are MY OPINIONS ALONE. I speak for no-one else. FYI: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
