Re: upgrade sarge from 2.0 to 2.6

[Andrey Andreev <andreev@cs.helsinki.fi>]

Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
[snip]
> > If you self-compile, then it's a lot like 2.4:
> > # apt-get install kernel-source-2.6.10 libncurses-dev libqt3-mt-dev
> > # cd /usr/src
> > # tar xvfj kernel-source-2.6.10.tar.bz2
> > # rmdir linux && ln -sf kernel-source-2.6.10 linux
> > # cd linux
> > # make clean
> > # make {x|menu}config
> > # make modules_install
> > # cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.xx
> > # cp System.map /boot/System.map-2.6.xx
> > # cp .config /boot/config-2.6.10
> > # vi /etc/lilo.conf  ## If you're Old School!
> > # lilo -v
> >
> > Once you get a good kernel, then when next you upgrade, you'll be
> > able to run "make oldconfig".  It's glass-TTY, but makes it trivial
> > to retain existing config options.
>
> Holy smokes.  What is all this about?  No one on Debian should be
> building a kernel like this unless they have a really good reason.
> Install kernel-package and read the documentation or check out this
> site: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

Here is a neat piece of instructions that matt zagrabelny gave me on 
this list a while ago:

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(i use aptitude to install packages, not apt-get, but feel free to use
apt-get if you like)

# aptitude install fakeroot kernel-package kernel-source-2.6.10

and optionally

# aptitude install libncurses5-dev

edit /etc/mkinitrd/ files, (man mkinitrd.conf if need be)
in mkinitrd.conf (i made the following changes):
ROOT=
DELAY=5

add modules to modules file.

add yourself to group src. (log in again)

cd /usr/src/, untar kernel source, cd to source dir.
cp /boot/config-2.6.10-<whatever> .

$ fakeroot make-kpkg clean

the following on one line:
$ fakeroot make-kpkg --append-to-version=.20050224.0 --initrd
kernel_image

note, the append to version can be just about anything, but dont use
dashed or underscores, i think debian proper packages use those. i use
the date and then a zero based number counting the number of compiles
for that day.

# dpkg -i /usr/src/kernel-image-2.6.10-<append-to-version-stuff>.deb

reboot

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Andrey Andreev
University of Helsinki
Dept. of Computer Science