Re: Installing kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6

2006-06-25 Thread Srinidhi B S
Hi, On 6/22/06, Sam Rosenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. I have tried to install a new kernel with: "aptitude install kernel-image-2.6-i686" but it does not replace my old kernel (2.4.27), even after a cold start. I don't feel entirely comfor

Re: Installing kernel upgrade from 2.4 to 2.6

2006-06-25 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 05:47:25PM -0400, Sam Rosenfeld wrote: > I am using Debian Sarge with a 2.4.27 linux kernel. I have tried to > install a new kernel with: "aptitude install kernel-image-2.6-i686" but it > does not replace my old kernel (2.4.27), even after a cold start. I don't > feel enti

Re: installing kernel 2.6

2005-11-21 Thread thierry
Clive Menzies wrote: On (20/11/05 15:24), Rafael Alexandre Schmitt wrote: * Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On (20/11/05 10:31), Rafael Alexandre Schmitt wrote: * Jeff Lucas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I am having problems after installing the kernel 2.6.14.2.

Re: installing kernel 2.6

2005-11-21 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/11/05 15:24), Rafael Alexandre Schmitt wrote: > * Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On (20/11/05 10:31), Rafael Alexandre Schmitt wrote: > > > * Jeff Lucas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > I am having problems after installing the kernel 2.6.14.2. it comes up > > > > with a >

Re: installing kernel 2.6

2005-11-20 Thread Rafael Alexandre Schmitt
* Clive Menzies ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On (20/11/05 10:31), Rafael Alexandre Schmitt wrote: > > * Jeff Lucas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I am having problems after installing the kernel 2.6.14.2. it comes up > > > with a > > > kernel panic and says something about not being able to bo

Re: installing kernel 2.6

2005-11-20 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/11/05 10:31), Rafael Alexandre Schmitt wrote: > * Jeff Lucas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I am having problems after installing the kernel 2.6.14.2. it comes up > > with a > > kernel panic and says something about not being able to boot from the hard > > drive. I'm a new linux user an

Re: installing kernel 2.6

2005-11-20 Thread Rafael Alexandre Schmitt
* Jeff Lucas ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I am having problems after installing the kernel 2.6.14.2. it comes up with > a > kernel panic and says something about not being able to boot from the hard > drive. I'm a new linux user and like it so far, but I'm having trouble > getting things to w

Re: installing kernel 2.6

2005-11-16 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
Jeff Lucas wrote: >I am having problems after installing the kernel 2.6.14.2. it comes up with a >kernel panic and says something about not being able to boot from the hard >drive. I'm a new linux user and like it so far, but I'm having trouble >getting things to work for me. > > This threa

Re: installing kernel?

2004-01-12 Thread David Z Maze
"0debian user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi I am running Debian unstable with kernel image 2.2.18 (! But I guess if you installed woody from a non-bf24 kernel and then updated, you could legitimately have something this ancient.) > 1) What kernel should I install (a 2.4.24 stable kernel or

Re: installing kernel?

2004-01-10 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:07:56AM -0500, 0debian user wrote: > 1) What kernel should I install (a 2.4.24 stable kernel or a more risky > 2.6.0)? Go with 2.6.0. The water's fine. 8:o) > 2) How does one install kernel image package in Debian? Do I

Re: installing kernel?

2004-01-10 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* 0debian user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040110 15:07]: > 1) What kernel should I install (a 2.4.24 stable kernel or a more risky > 2.6.0)? Well I installed 2.6.0 three days ago, and it didn't crashed, and still works on my workstation and my notebook. However: I won't install any 2.6 Kernel on my p

Re: Installing kernel 2.4 in Woody

2003-11-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 01:06:01PM -0500, Jack Dodds said > I'm installing Woody on a Pentium Pro. I've done a net install, but have > not run tasksel yet. > > The net install leaves me with kernel 2.2. I'd like to have the 2.4 > kernel becasue I need the capability to mount a subdirectory, whi

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-02 Thread Stan Kaufman
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > The new warning reads: > == > As a reminder, in order to configure lilo, you need to > add an 'initrd=/initrd.img' to the image=/vmlinuz > stanza of your /etc/lilo.conf > ==

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Bill" == Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Bill> I think those are clear, now that the parts are making more Bill> sense to me. It might be helpful to show the lilo line in the Bill> first message box, Well, the first message is spit out before we have determined what boot

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-03-01 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Stan" == Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stan> This was good; it pointed out which RTFM was germane. A note Stan> that the new 2.4.x kernel images use initrd whereas the 2.2.x Stan> kernels didn't would help those of us who don't follow kernel Stan> development realize that there's

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Manoj" == Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> "Stan" == Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Manoj> Any suggestions for improved wording? This is what is Manoj> there now: >> == >>

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Stan Kaufman
Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Any suggestions for improved wording? This is what is there now: > == > You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version $version) > This will not work unless you have configured your

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Bill Moseley
At 12:21 AM 02/28/02 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > Any suggestions for improved wording? This is what is there now: >== >You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version $version) >This will not work unless yo

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-28 Thread Manoj Srivastava
>>"Stan" == Stan Kaufman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Stan> Should be enough; the package maintainer's scripts clearly said Stan> "Don't go any further until you've fixed your bootloader". It Stan> would have been more helpful if there had been more explicit Stan> info about how to do so, but t

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Gary Hennigan
"Bill Moseley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 12:04 PM 02/27/02 -0800, Stan Kaufman wrote: > >I just installed 2.4.17 on a new woody box, which involved an > >upgrade from the 2.2.14 potato system my floppy install disks > >created. The kernel-image package provided clear notice during > >install

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Bill Moseley
At 12:04 PM 02/27/02 -0800, Stan Kaufman wrote: >I just installed 2.4.17 on a new woody box, which involved an upgrade from the >2.2.14 potato system my floppy install disks created. The kernel-image package >provided clear notice during installation that the bootloader needs to be >altered >in or

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include Bill Moseley wrote on Wed Feb 27, 2002 um 06:41:05AM: > So, I'd like to avoid the kernel panic this time with the > kernel-image-2.4.17-k7 package. What steps do I need to take to make sure > I will end up with a bootable image? Someone mentioned that moving to the > more modular 2.4 k

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Faheem Mitha
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Stan Kaufman wrote: > Faheem Mitha wrote: > > > On 27 Feb 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > > > So, I'd like to avoid the kernel panic this time with the > > > kernel-image-2.4.17-k7 package. What steps do I need to take to make sure > > > I will end up with a bootable image?

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Stan Kaufman
Faheem Mitha wrote: > On 27 Feb 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > > > So, I'd like to avoid the kernel panic this time with the > > kernel-image-2.4.17-k7 package. What steps do I need to take to make sure > > I will end up with a bootable image? Someone mentioned that moving to the > > more modular 2

Re: Installing kernel-image-2.4.17-k7

2002-02-27 Thread Faheem Mitha
On 27 Feb 2002, Bill Moseley wrote: > I had started the process of building a kernel yesterday before being so > rudely interrupted by sleep. > > I'm currently running 2.2.20 but upgrading to 2.4.17. I had tried once > before to use a kernel-image, but ended up with a kernel-panic that I never

Re: installing kernel-debs

2001-07-23 Thread Joerg Johannes
Joerg Johannes wrote: > > Hello list > > I have, in the last few weeks, compiled a lot of kernels (with > make-kpkg) > Well, I have installed these kernel-image-blah.deb's, but without > removing the old ones. dpkg -l shows > > ii kernel-image-2. # <-- dpk -l does not show more of the package >

Re: installing kernel-debs

2001-07-21 Thread Joost Kooij
On Fri, Jul 20, 2001 at 01:37:09PM +0200, Joerg Johannes wrote: > I have, in the last few weeks, compiled a lot of kernels (with > make-kpkg) > Well, I have installed these kernel-image-blah.deb's, but without > removing the old ones. dpkg -l shows > > ii kernel-image-2. # <-- dpk -l does not show

Re: installing kernel-debs

2001-07-20 Thread Jor-el
Joerg, Of course, it would be good if I had included the link too, wouldnt it? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=105964&repeatmerged=yes Regards, Jor-el On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Jor-el wrote: > Joerg, > > By a coincidence, I had opened a bug yesterday on this very >

Re: installing kernel-debs

2001-07-20 Thread Jor-el
Joerg, By a coincidence, I had opened a bug yesterday on this very topic. Here is the link which also contains the maintainer response. Regards, Jor-el On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hello list > > I have, in the last few weeks, compiled a lot of kernels (with > make-kpkg

Re: installing kernel-debs

2001-07-20 Thread Colin Watson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Hello list > >I have, in the last few weeks, compiled a lot of kernels (with >make-kpkg) >Well, I have installed these kernel-image-blah.deb's, but without >removing the old ones. dpkg -l shows > >ii kernel-image-2. # <-- dpk -l does not show more of the package >version

Re: installing kernel-debs

2001-07-20 Thread Sebastiaan
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001, Joerg Johannes wrote: > Hello list > > I have, in the last few weeks, compiled a lot of kernels (with > make-kpkg) > Well, I have installed these kernel-image-blah.deb's, but without > removing the old ones. dpkg -l shows > > ii kernel-image-2. # <-- dpk -l does not show mor

Re: Installing kernel sources on alternative partition problem

2000-11-09 Thread Andrew Suffield
On 8 Nov 2000, Hubert Chan wrote: >Kieren Diment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Hi there, >> >> I have a slightly obscure problem recompiling my potato >> kernel-source-2.2.17 on a P100 laptop. >> >> I have a disk space problem and therefore tried to unpack the kernel >> sources on my other part

Re: Installing kernel sources on alternative partition problem

2000-11-08 Thread Hubert Chan
Kieren Diment <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi there, > > I have a slightly obscure problem recompiling my potato > kernel-source-2.2.17 on a P100 laptop. > > I have a disk space problem and therefore tried to unpack the kernel > sources on my other partition, which is a now redundant vfat part

Re: Installing kernel sources

2000-10-21 Thread Joachim Trinkwitz
"CHEONG, Shu Yang [Patrick]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >$tar xvf kernel-source-2.2.17 Nowadays it is: tar -xvIf kernel-source-2.2.17.tar.bz2 (note the `I' in between, it is to unpack the bzipped archive). Greetings, joachim

RE: Installing kernel sources

2000-10-19 Thread Kenrick, Chris
Ray wrote: >Does anyone out there have a step by step to install kernel >sources on 2.2. Thanks very much The other couple of replies referred to the more 'generic' kernel compile instructions. If you want to do it the 'Debian way', I would recommend checking out the 2.2 install guide section 8

Re: Installing kernel sources

2000-10-19 Thread cls--colo spgs
cls--colo spgs wrote: > "S.Salman Ahmed" wrote: > > > > "RP" == Ray Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > RP> Does anyone out there have a step by step to install kernel > > RP> sources on 2.2. Thanks very much > > RP> > > > > Installing kernel sources is as easy as 1, 2! > > >

Re: Installing kernel sources

2000-10-19 Thread John F. Davis
On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 06:15:24PM -0600, Ray Percival wrote: > Does anyone out there have a step by step to install kernel sources on 2.2. > Thanks very much > o uname -a, to determine which kernel version you are currently running. o apt-get install kernel-source-2.x.x, where x.x is determi

Re: Installing kernel sources

2000-10-19 Thread cls--colo spgs
"S.Salman Ahmed" wrote: > > "RP" == Ray Percival <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > RP> Does anyone out there have a step by step to install kernel > RP> sources on 2.2. Thanks very much > RP> > > Installing kernel sources is as easy as 1, 2! > > 1) Download source for the current stab

RE: Installing kernel sources

2000-10-19 Thread CHEONG, Shu Yang \[Patrick\]
>$apt-get install kernel-source-2.2.17... However, I normally use dselect... Once completed cd to /usr/src...and you will find a file kernel-source-2.2.17.bz2...just >$bzunzip2 kernel-source-2.2.17.bz2 you should now have a file kernel-source-2.2.17.tar. Do >$tar xvf kernel-source-2.2.17 and

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread ktb
To learn more about Linux. To make the kernel smaller so you have shorter boot times. Those are a couple of reasons to do so. I bet I could come up with more but I have to eat:) kent w trillich wrote: > > Corey Popelier wrote: > > > > Yep, everything I've read or heard suggests if your going

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread w trillich
Corey Popelier wrote: > > Yep, everything I've read or heard suggests if your going to use 2.2, use > 2.2.14+ kernels. I'm now running 2.2.15 (pre19-1) with no probs > whatsoever. i'm running 2.0.36 (slink kernel? with potato packages) without any problems whatsoever. until i run into problems a

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread mcmi0037
> kernel panic: can't find init. try passing init= as kernel option. > Init is sitting in /sbin/init, where it should. Anyway, even passing > init= as kernel "command line" via lilo to the kernel doesn't make any > difference. I've had this happen to me on numerous occasions, even with 2.2.14

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Corey Popelier
Yep, everything I've read or heard suggests if your going to use 2.2, use 2.2.14+ kernels. I'm now running 2.2.15 (pre19-1) with no probs whatsoever. Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 12 May 2000, Jens Guenther wrote: > On F

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Jens Guenther
On Fri, May 12, 2000 at 12:22:17PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > Hi, I've been using debian slink and the 2.0.36 kernel for a while now, > > and have just compiled the 2.2.4 kernel. I have my linux partition Hi, as far as I know there were some nasty problems in early 2.2.x kernels. I thin

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> btw: kernel 2.2.4 is not out yet - and won't be for the next three > months, from what i've heard. > ehhhm - bullshit! i confused 2.4.0 with 2.2.4. *shame* -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.

Re: installing kernel

2000-05-12 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> Hi, I've been using debian slink and the 2.0.36 kernel for a while now, > and have just compiled the 2.2.4 kernel. I have my linux partition > (ext2fs) on hda2. When booting the new kernel, it tells me something > like > installed root fiesystem (ext. 2) > kernel panic: can't find init. t