On Sat, Mar 20, 2004 at 09:39:30PM -0500, 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 find it to be rather rewarding. You probably will too.
...and as far as the backports are concerned, all the hard work has been done for you; have a look on www.backports.org. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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