Re: installing kernel 2.6 on woody
Hello
Andy Rowan (<bogey2521@hotmail.com>) wrote:
> I just installed woody, but I need a kernel newer than the 2.4.18 one
> that > it includes, because I have large hard disks >137GB. So I
> figured I'd just go with the 2.6.8 one that's in Sarge ...
> specifically the > kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686-smp one, because I have a
> pentium 4 with HT.
> But apt-get is complaining that I don't have a new enough version of
> initrd-tools and module-init-tools. Is this as simple as just having
> apt-get install the newer ones of those (from Sarge)? ... unless those
> cause other dependency issues.
You should get the packages from backports.org, they have been built for
Woody. You also need newer versions of some userspace utilities,
uncluding the module-init-tools to load modules for 2.6. These package
is not in Woody. You can get everything you need from backports.org.
Simply add a line to your /etc/apt/sources.list, run apt-get update and
install the package.
best regards
Andreas Janssen
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