Re: Help needed on kernel upgrade
I decided to wipe out woody and make a sarge network install.
Worked well, everything is ok EXCEPT X11 that does not start.
But it's for another thread, right? I hope I don't give up until then.
Thank you for all of you that helped me.
On 4/19/05, Kevin Mark <kmark+debian-user@pipeline.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 18, 2005 at 10:02:38AM -0300, Rogerio D. Nascimento wrote:
> > 1. How can I make the new kernel recognize my eth0 and home network
> > as the old one does?
> > 2. Am I wrong expecting apt-get install kernel-image command to build
> > a new kernel with the old hw configuration without such problems?
> Hi Rogerio,
> The kernel-image package contains the kernel and its related modules.
> apt-get does not read or use your old .config to configure a new kernel.
> Each kernel-image is created by the developer with a good choice of
> built-in (the 'y' option) and extra (the 'm' option) module. It seems
> the older kernel had your ethernet selected as a built-in module and
> you need to locate the correct module name(s) and add it to the
> /etc/modules so that upon your next reboot, the extra module is loaded
> by the kernel. Most folks use the kernel-image's but there are ways
> to make your own kernel. The Debian kernel-package has the 'make-kpg'
> command for creating your own Debian kernel .deb.
> Cheers,
> Kev
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