Re: newer kernel for non-bootable sarge
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:42:48PM -0700, David Emerson wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I ran into a nasty problem while trying to install sarge: The 2.6.8
> kernel has a bug that won't allow my computer to boot.
>
> (( I have a compaq armada 1750 laptop. It has issues... )) (( In the
> past, I've never been able to get my mouse to work with a 2.4
> kernel, and it's always been easy with 2.6. ))
>
> So, is there a way to download a newer (like, 2.6.12) kernel and
> just drop it into /boot ?? (Keeping in mind that I can't actually
> boot debian to install it)
>
> Where on earth can I download the files? Assumably, the files I want
> are:
>
> initrd.img-2.6.12-10-386
> vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-386
>
> And probably also:
>
> config-2.6.12-10-386
> System.map-2.6.12-10-386
>
> Assuming I can find the files to download, should this operation be
> as simple as I'm assuming it to be?
>
David,
This is not that easy to do, if you search the archives I've written
just a couple of weeks ago about how to do this.
Could you tell us what the problem with 2.6.8 is, maybe there is a
workaround?
/Daniel
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