On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 19:28 +0800, Jon Miller wrote: > Just found out that I need to upgrade a kernel from 2.4 to 2.6.11 or greater > due to the patch needed by sip_conntrack. Can anyone point me in the right > direction (doc) for upgrading a kernel and the steps I need to do. I want to > save the existing kernel so if something goes wrong I can fall back to a > working version. Is it advisable to do a backup image of the server to > another hard disk? if so, should I use dd to do this?
use aptitude. search for 'kernel-image.*2.6' or 'linux-image.*2.6'. the old kernel should still be accessible via grub or lilo. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
