Re: about upgrading the kernal
Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> "Olaf" == Olaf Meeuwissen <olaf@epkowa.co.jp> writes:
>
> Olaf> "Robert Hood, Ph.D." <rhood@mtsu.edu> writes:
> >> Hi, this list has been really helpful so far.
> >>
> >> just a newbie question: I've read that the short answer to when
> >> to upgrade my kernal is *never* -- but my gateway 2500 needs
> >> some usb support not in the current kernal (2.2). Is there
> >> something like "apt-get" for a new kernal that will hold my
> >> hand through the process?
>
> Olaf> host:~# /usr/bin/apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18
>
> Olaf> should be a decent starting point. The postinst script does
> Olaf> a pretty good job of making sure you will be able to
> Olaf> (re)boot with your brand new kernel as the default. Eh,
> Olaf> assuming you have not messed with the lilo setup too much.
>
> This works and is a great suggestion.
>
> Just FYI, it will give you a warning about initrd during the install
> that might scare you, but is self explanatory. Don't worry about it.
Sorry, forgot about that!
> Go to a different console, load /etc/lilo.conf into an editor, and add
> a line like 'initrd=/initrd.img' like the message from the installer
> says. Save the file, continue with the installation. As long as you
> have the /vmlinux.old image in lilo.conf that was put in by the
> original install there is very little chance that you will end up with
> a non bootbale system.
Just adding the initrd= line to your /etc/lilo.conf ought to be enough
indeed.
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