Hi Charles, Well, im using Debian 2.2 r5 (just upgraded a while ago to that)...
again, thanks a lot for all the help.. - Camilo On 17 Jan 2002, at 6:03, Charles Baker wrote: > Here is a more complete howto by another poster. > Kernel 2.5.x is the development series and not > recommended for new users. The latest stable kernels > are the 2.4 series. You don't mention what > distribution of debian you are using so it's hard to > tell what the latest debian kernel package for you > is....You can check available packages for your > distribution at: > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > --- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:02:49 -0500 > > From: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way? > > > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 12:55:28PM -0800, Camilux > > wrote: > > | Hi ppl, just wanted to know if theres a "Debian" > > way of upgradind > > | the kernel as well.. or is it still manually > > downloading, unzipping, > > | etc etc? > > > > # apt-get install kernel-image-<version>-<arch> > > # vim /boot/grub/menu.lst > > # reboot > > > > or > > > > # apt-get install kernel-source-<version> > > $ cd /usr/src > > $ tar -jxvf kernel-source-<version>.tar.bz2 > > $ cd kernel-source-<version> > > $ fakeroot make-kpkg clean > > $ fakeroot make-kpkg --config=xconfig > > --append-to-version=-custom.1 > > --revision=custom.1 kernel_image > > kernel_doc kernel_headers > > # dpkg -i > > ../kernel-image-<version>_<version>_<arch>.deb > > # vim /boot/grub/menu.lst > > # reboot > > > > I do both of these. I run the custom kernel made > > via the latter > > steps, but keep a (recent) pre-packaged one just in > > case. > > > > You can, of course, grab the tarball from kernel.org > > and do it > > yourself if you like that better. > > > > -D > > > <<SNIP>> > > ===== > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hacking is a "Good Thing!" > See http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! > http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ >
