Re: Using wireless on a PowerBook G4

[Amit Uttamchandani <amit.uttam@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:58:43 -0500
Christopher Jones <flawless.void@gmail.com> wrote:

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> 
> One last thing:  I tried to apt-get a newer kernel version, and I  
> successfully installed 2.6.24 (apt-get install linux-image-2.6.24- 
> etchnhalf.l-powerpc linux-headers-2.6.24-etchnhalf.l-powerpc), but  
> when I logged out and back in, uname -r told me that I was still  
> running 2.6.18-6.  How can I update to the kernel that should've been  
> installed?
> 
> Thanks!

When you install a new kernel, a kernel image is installed in /boot.
In /boot you will see initrd.img and vmlinux. When you do an 'ls -l'
you will see that infact these are symlinks to a specific kernel image
in /boot.

So to use the newer kernel simply symlink the initrd.img and vmlinux to
their respective kernel versions. For example in my lenny system they
are:

initrd.img -> initrd.img-2.6.26-1-powerpc

vmlinux -> vmlinux-2.6.26-1-powerpc

Good luck
Amit