Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help
On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 23:45:18 -0600, Kent West wrote:
>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".)
Exactly what is a kernel-image?
Mark Healey
deblist@healeyonline.com
Giving debian a chance.
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