Re: Problem upgrading my kernel to 2.4
When upgrading kernels it's a good idea to copy off the lsmod to a
text file for just such driver problems.
If you use "ifconfig -a" it will list all the known network devices,
even if they're not configured in /etc/network/interfaces
This is good, because sometimes the upgrades can change the interface
numbers, the hardware you used to know as eth1 is now eth3, that sort
of thing.
As for not booting, hmmm. You could uninstall the 2.4 kernel, then
reinstall in order to get a fresh set of configuration files, or
dpkg-reconfigure kernel-2.4.x.whatever when running on 2.2 to see if
that helps.
At least your machine still boots 2.2, which makes fixing other things
much easier. I'm running 2.6.10 right now myself, but I still have
2.2.19 from the Woody net-install, "just in case".
Curt-
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 12:06, Tom Connolly was heard to say:
> Hello list,
> I've am new to Debian so this may seem trivial but it has really
> got me stumped.
> I have recently upgraded my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 on my woody
> system. when I booted into the new kernel, my ethernet adapter
> didn't work. I did an "ifconfig" and all it showed was the
> loopback device. I couldn't remember which driver I used so I
> booted into the old kernel (I just added a new block to Lilo
> without removing the old kernel). I found out which driver I had
> but now my system hangs when I try to boot back into the new
> kernel.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
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