Re: safe to upgrade slink to potato?

[Pollywog <pollywog@shadypond.com>]

On 27-Dec-1999 Mark Brown wrote:
> 
> PCMCIA support depends upon some kernel modules which are provided in a
> seperate package to the kernel.  When you install a new kernel you also
> need to install a version of these modules that matches your new kernel.
> 

I did that, but still lost pcmcia.

> You should either install the version of pcmcia-modules corresponding to
> your kernel or install the pcmcia-source package and use that to build
> the modules.  I tend to keep a copy of pcmcia-source installed all the
> time on my laptop in case something goes wrong.

I did that too, kept a backup, and a modules backup too :)

Anyway, I am installing potato now on my laptop, from scratch.  I will then
see what /usr/src should look like on a new system.  I want to try installing
kernels the Debian way on my laptop.  I don't do it that way on my other
machine.

--
Andrew