On Sunday 21 March 2004 02:39, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>It's perfectly possible to > >>install 2.6 even on the current stable, albeit with a few backports > > > > of > > > >>things like module-init-tools and e2fsprogs > > > > I am too much of a newbie to attempt such a thing. I was raised on > > BASIC, on the Timex-Sinclair, C64, TI-994A, then moved to Unix > > briefly in college. However, I have been made largely spoon fed via > > Windows since then. I had to relearn all the fun Unix commands and > > directories when starting to work with Linux. I have lots of work to > > do before I can handle things like the above, or even compiling my > > own kernel/modules. Please be patient :) > > > > Thanks for the insight, everyone...looks like I will be giving Debian > > a try, but if (and when) I run into issues, I will be back! > > For the first year I used Linux (3 months RH before switching > to Debian), I was totally petrified of the thought of compiling > my own kernel. I ended up just jumping in one day and doing > the `make xconfig && make dep && make bzImage && so on`. > I spent two hours reading every help entry in the xconfig > interface. > > Later, I discovered kernel-package. I read all the docs in > the kernel-package package and learned to build my own kernels > in a much more efficient way. > > Since my "doing it the hardway" approach, someone else has been > kind enough to document the process step-by-step: > > http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html > > My reccomendation is to download the kernel-source-* package > that corresponds to the kernel you run now. Use the configuration > for your currently running kernel (since you know it works). > After going through the process a few times, you will begin to > feel comfortable tweaking and changing settings.
I guess it is worth asking the question why bother? I just apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.x-k7-1 (were x is currently at 4 reflecting the latest kernel release, and k7 is because I have an athlon xp) and the latest kernel is all set up for me. Once I am happily booting into the latest version I can apt-get remove one of the older releases so I don't have too many versions in my grub menu. (It is perfectly possible to run with several versions installed so there is always a backward path if you need it) The image install scripts update either lilo or (in my case) grub Especially for a newbie - I can see little reason to try and build your own kernel. -- Alan Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Gandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
