On 8/4/05, Redefined Horizons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm currently running Debian Sarge with the 2.4.27 kernel. I would > like to update to a 2.6 kernel. I don't have an internet connection to > my Debian box yet, so I can't use apt-get. > > Is there a place I can download the debs for a 2.6 kernel on the i386 > architecture? What files do I need? > > I appreciate any assistance, as I'm new to Linux and this will be my > first time performing a kernel upgrade.
The latest 2.6 kernel in stable can be found here: http://packages.debian.org/stable/base/kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386 This version works for all x86 platforms - depending on your CPU, there may be a faster version available. Do make sure you have all the dependencies listed there, if you're not using apt-get. You can check with dpkg: $ dpkg -l coreutils initrd-tools module-init-tools Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii coreutils 5.2.1-2 The GNU core utilities ii initrd-tools 0.1.81.1 tools to create initrd image for prepackaged ii module-init-to 3.2-pre8-1 tools for managing Linux kernel modules Also indirect dependencies (I've listed only the ones you might not already have here): Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii cpio 2.5-1.2 GNU cpio -- a program to manage archives of ii cramfsprogs 1.1-6 Tools for CramFs (Compressed ROM File System ii dash 0.5.2-6 The Debian Almquist Shell The version numbers might not be exactly the same as mine; I'm on unstable. If one of these packages is missing, be sure to download it as well, following the links from the kernel package page. You might also want to install udev, but this is optional. When you have all the packages, to install them manually, do: dpkg -i /path/to/packages/*.deb If dpkg reports a dependency error, you probably missed one of the needed packages. If you installed off a cdrom set, some or all of these packages might be on them - try using apt-cdrom and apt-get to install them.
