On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 10:06:49AM -0400, Andrew Perrin wrote: | I seem to remember a good step-by-step guide to upgrading the kernel under | debian, but can't find it now. I'd like to move to 2.4.18 but am rather | timid about it.
Pretty much point apt at woody and
apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-<subarch>
The dependencies will take care of getting the new modutils and stuff
you'll need.
The only remaining trick is to updated your bootloader. If you use
grub :
title Debian GNU/Linux (2.4.18-k7 , 1280x1024x16)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-k7 root=/dev/hda1 read-only video=vesa
vga=0x31A
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.4.18-k7
(the difference is the "initrd" line, instead of a "boot" line)
You only need to tell your bootloader to use an initrd iff your kernel
requires an initrd. The pre-packaged ones use an initrd, but my
custom configured ones don't.
-D
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