Re: Upgrading to Woody

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Iram" == Iram Mahboob <z2258936@student.unsw.edu.au> writes:

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

You are running either Debian Potato or Debian Woody (3.0). The
version numbers you state above are kernel version numbers, not Debian
versions.

    Iram> I have tried to do a

    Iram> apt-get update followed by an

    Iram> apt-get dist-upgrade.  But i have not been able to upgrade
    Iram> my kernel. Even when I do a

This would update the software installation (to Woody if you were on
potato and your /etc/apt/sources.list file was set correctly). It does
not update the kernel (which is the right and safe thing to do, since
there is usually no pressing need to update kernels, and it would
require a reboot if you did, with downtime and other problems).

    Iram> dpkg -l "Kernel*" I can't see a source or an image of any
    Iram> version later then 2.2.20. Can you please help me.

Try 'dpkg -l "kernel-image*' instead. It's better actually to do
something like 'COLUMNS=100 dpkg -l "kernel-image*"' instead.

If you running Woody you can 'apt-get install' the correct image for
your processor type. If you do so be prepared to work a little
bit. You will be prompted to updated /etc/lilo.conf for an "initrd"
entry. It is likely that some hardware (like ethernet cards) might
stop working in the new kernel until you updated /etc/modules to load
the correct drivers.

In short, if 2.2.19 really does work for you, the only reason to
upgrade is to upgrade ;-)

Cheers!
Shyamal