Re: release notes: How to upgrade from kernel 2.4 to 2.6
On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 09:23:21PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
>
> On Sunday 22 May 2005 20:56, Bill Allombert wrote:
> > The upgrade reports show that users tend to upgrade the kernel from 2.4
> > to 2.6 at the same time they upgrade to sarge, so it could be
> > worthwhile to include a note to help them:
>
> Hmm. I wonder if it wouldn't be better to advise against doing that.
> Maybe we should advise users to upgrade to a Sarge 2.4 kernel first,
> verify that their system is stable and important application function as
> expected and then upgrade to a 2.6 kernel later.
> That would improve to chances to troubleshoot any problems from the kernel
> upgrade and eliminate distribution upgrade problems as possible cause.
Sure.
> > If you are upgrading from a 2.4 to a 2.6 kernel, before rebooting:
> >
> > 1) You must install modules-init-tools.
>
> Why? AFAIK module-init-tools is pulled in automatically because of
> dependencies. (Except if users compile their own kernel from 2.6
> kernel-source packages.)
Exactly so. Some users compile their own 2.6 kernel from kernel.org source.
> > 2) If you have an LVM1 partition, you must install the 'lvm2' package.
>
> Do you have further information on this?
There are two version of LVM:
1) LVM1 (lvm10 in woody/sarge) work only with linux-2.4.
2) LVM2 (lvm2, only in sarge) work with both linux-2.4 and 2.6, and is
backward compatible with LVM1.
So if you upgrade your kernel to 2.6, you need to switch to lvm2.
I don't know more detail, though.
> - Be aware of changes in input layer which may require reconfiguration of
> keyboard (both for console and X) and mouse (for X).
This is section 5.2 Keyboard issues on upgrades to a 2.6 kernel. If a
new section is created this one should be moved.
Cheers,
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Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>
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