Re: upgrade 1.3 -> 2.1 question
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 01:57:44PM -0600, Bruno Melli wrote:
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I just upgraded (from CD) my 1.3 system to 2.1.
> After installing 1.3 a couple of years ago I haven't done much
> sysadmin so I'm a little rusty when it comes to kernel
> configuration...
>
> Everything seems to have updated OK but I'm puzzled that the machine
> was never rebooted during the upgrade.
> What is the mechanism to upgrade the kernel ? (I haven't
> kept up to speed with kernel version but I assume 2.1 uses a newer
> kernel than 1.3 did...)
>
> Does it mean that I have to upgrade the kernel sources and rebuild one
> (as well as making a new boot disk ?)
no, just install newest slink kernel-image-x.x.xx deb package, configure
your lilo.conf to allow you boot both your present (in case something goes
wrong) and the upgraded kernel, rerun lilo and reboot.
that's it :)
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Marcin Owsiany
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