Re: Upgrading to Woody

["nate" <debian-user@aphroland.org>]

Iram Mahboob said:
> Hi,
> I am new to linux can you please help me in upgrading my kernel.
> I currently have debian version 2.2.19. I want to upgrade it to 2.4.18.
> How  can I do it?
> I have tried to do a


luckily apt-get does not automatically upgrade the kernel. you
can do it manually though:

apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4.18

and apt-get install the one you want, the most generic version
looks like: kernel-image-2.4.18-386

if you have a more modern processor you may want
kernel-image-2.4.18-686 or kernel-image-2.4.18-k7
(see the apt-cache results for full info)

then follow the instructions, you'll have to modify lilo.conf
to add support for initrd, takes only a few seconds, run
lilo and reboot.

nate
(happily running 2.2.19 with no plans to upgrade anytime soon)