Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

Mark Healey wrote:

> On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:00:11 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>  
>
> > > Anyway I believe I should get kernel version 2.4.22.  That's the
> > > latest stable one, right?
> > >
> > > Is there a .deb package (and where is it) or should I just get the
> > > .tar.bz2 one from kernel.org?
> > >
> > > I did find a HOWTO but it is pretty redhat centric and assumes that
> > > one has X running.  My X doesn't work, I'm sure I'll be posting about
> > > that later.
> > >      
> > # apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4
> >
> > . . .
> > . . .
> >
> > # apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.22-1-k7
> >    
>
> That would be nice if I had networking which I don't which is why I'm
> trying to build a new kernel in the first place.
>
>
>  
Ah, sorry. In that case, go get the .deb from here:
   http://packages.debian.org/unstable/base/kernel-image-2.4-k7.html
using another machine that has networking. Drop the .deb file into a 
convenient location on your Debian box and run "dpkg -i 
kernel-image-2.4.22-1-k7 
<http://packages.debian.org/unstable/base/kernel-image-2.4.22-1-k7.html>" 
(Of course you'll want to get the right "flavor" of kernel for your CPU; 
this one's for AMD Athlons and similar. Start here: 
http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages, and search for "kernel-image-2.4".)

--
Kent