Debian on alpha 500au

Hello,

I have installed debian stable on an alpha WS 500au.

The sw works without any problem. But I want to upgrade my

kernel and also install AFS on this machine.

I see that the kernel version is

# uname -a

Linux lnsa14 2.2.20 #2 Wed Mar 20 19:57:28 EST 2002 alpha GNU/Linux

I also see that a kernel version of 2.6.X is available. How can I

Update this kernel? Please mention the commands in the order since I have

not yet compiled a Linux kernel myself.I know that a lot of doc is available.

I have used number of times apt-get command to update the installed SW.

I have also used dpkg -i swname to install the sw. I know that I have to be more

Careful when I upgrade the kernel.As a beginner of Kernel upgrading I would

like to have a detailed

2. I would like to know how I can install AFS on this machine.

I have installed the following AFS SW on this machine with the command

apt-get install openafs-client. I get the following output with dpkg --list

for afs:

dpkg --list|grep openafs

# dpkg --list |grep openafs
ii openafs-client 1.3.81-3sarge1 The AFS distributed filesystem- client suppo
ii openafs-module 1.3.81-3sarge1 The AFS distributed filesystem- Module Sourc

When I start openafs I get the following error:

2819 execve("/etc/init.d/openafs-client", ["/etc/init.d/openafs-client", "start
"], [/* 12 vars */]) = 0
2819 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) ---
2819 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) ---
2819 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) ---

Am I missing during the AFS installation?

Thanks in advance and with best regards,

Kumar