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Re: upgrading the kernel in debian etch from 2.6.18 to 2.6.29



On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 01:15:02AM -0400, Joey L wrote:
>      True, that will not necessitate a recompile. But, the next time you
>      build your kernel, just use
> 
>      make-kpkg -rfakeroot --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
> 
>      Also, to easily make an initramfs, I use update-initramfs as follows:
> 
>      sudo update-initramfs -c -v 2.6.29
> 
>      HTH.
> 
>    Sorry - i get error when i run :* sudo update-initramfs -c -v 2.6.29
> 
>    Can you tell me what i exactly need to run - just getting a little lost.
> 
>    1. make-kpkg -rfakeroot --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
> 
>    2. mkinitrd -o /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29 2.6.29
> 
>    is that it ???

Oh, no! All you need to run is

make-kpkg -rfakeroot --initrd --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image
sudo dpkg -i ../linux-image-2.6.29custom1.0_....deb

Maybe that should sort things out. Let me know if you face further problems.

Kumar
-- 
Kumar Appaiah


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