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Re: Upgrading the kernel



In article <55sc.454.9@gated-at.bofh.it> you wrote:
> 
>> > I'm trying to upgrade the kernel:
>> >
>> > # uname -a
>> > Linux debian 2.2.20-pmac #1 Thu Mar 21 17:08:23 EST 2002 ppc unknown
>> > # cat /etc/debian_version
>> > 3.0
>> > # apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc
>> > # reboot
>> > # uname -a
>> > Linux debian 2.2.20-pmac #1 Thu Mar 21 17:08:23 EST 2002 ppc unknown
>> >
> Aren't you going to compile the new kernel and  manually put  new lines into 
> the bootloader to get a new kernel working?
> 

The new kernel I installed is an image, so it's a ready to use kernel.
I'm testing it now.
My next step will be to compile my own kernel, and if I'm correct I need
the kernel sources to do that, among other stuff (e.g. compile
instructions).

Wim. 

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