Re: question about patching my kernel

[John Summerfield <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>]

Ignore Andreas - there is noting wrong with top-posting (or 
bottom-posting), and I've seen people flamed for not top-posting!

However, I do think it wrong to cc: people who're on the list. I can't 
speak for others, but I prefer one copy.

You're running Woody and Debian doesn't support any 2.6 kernel on it. 
Someone whose surname is, I think,  Bunt or Bunk has created  a set of 
packages you can download to install a 2.6 kernel on Woody, and there's 
quite a deal of additional stuff  you need special versions of.

You didn't explain what you hope to gain by running a 2.6 kernel.



Paul Akkermans wrote:

> uname -a
> Linux debian 2.2.20-idepci #1 Sat Apr 20 12:45:19 EST 2002 i686 unknown
>
> cat /etc/debian_version
> 3.0
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Summerfield" <debian@ComputerDatasafe.com.au>
> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 1:20 PM
> Subject: Re: question about patching my kernel
>
>
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> > Paul Akkermans wrote:
> > Paul
> >
> >    
> >
> > > Hi everone,
> > >
> > > Last week I installed my debian system with a cd-rom I got from a friend.
> > >      
> When I was installing Debian I saw that the kernel which was included on the
> cd-rom was version 2.22. From the website www.kernel.org I saw that version
> (the stable version) 2.6.7 is available. But the problem is that I have no
> idea how to upgrade my kernel. Can somebody tell me what steps I have to
> take to patch my kernel?
>  
>
> > >      
> > 2.22 isn't very likely.
> > At a commandline, enter these commands and post the results:
> > uname -a
> > cat /etc/debian_version
> >
> > This will tell folk here which kernel and version of Debian you have.
> >
> > You might also explain to us what your kernel does not do that you
> > expect 2.6.7 to do. It's quite possible that your system won't work if
> > you don't go about upgrading your kernel properly, and for most people,
> > whatever the distro, a kernel from kernel.org is probably a mistake.
> >
> > While you're waiting for anwers, you might also browse www.debian.org
> > where you will find all sorts of info about maintenance, upgrading your
> > software and building your own kernel.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Cheers
> > John
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Cheers
John

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