Re: upgrade debian kernal

["s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>]

Incoming from Aurel:
> Hi Kris,
> 
> First if you recompile your kernel, you can choose a 2.6.5 (why a
> 2.6.3?! weird). Anyway, it's the same.
> As Kent say you can see available versions with apt-cache search
> kernel-image.
> 
> Then, do  'apt-get install kernel-package' to install some tools you'll
> need to compile your new kernel using the Debian way (simplier).
> 
> go to /usr/src and unpack kernel sources.
> 
> cd your_source_directory (usually just linux)
> 
> make menuconfig
> make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image

make-kpkg  --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image modules_image

> take a break.
> 
> cd ..
> dpkg -i kernel-image*

and dpkg -i modules-image*

> run lilo -v (just to be sure)
> 
> reboot


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