Re: upgrade debian kernal
On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:42:01AM -0500 or thereabouts, Kent West wrote: S.D.A. wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 07:21:11PM -0500 or thereabouts, Kent West wrote: Apologies if this has been done before, but if it has, I surely can't I've never had to do anything extra _except_ add the initrd line to lilo.conf. When you apt-get install kernel-image-2.4-blahblah, it should warn you about this; at this point, if I haven't already done so on a previous kernel upgrade, I let that sit and hope over to a different VT or terminal window, and edit /etc/lilo.conf, like so: It tells one to add that line, but it could be clearer as to exactly where. Something you've done. Thanks. image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only initrd=/initrd.img append=hdc=ide-scsi # restricted # alias=1 Notice the single line that says initrd=/initrd.img; this is the only line I have to add, and I don't believe it matters where in the stanza it goes. Then I save the file and hop back to my kernel installation and tell it to continue. As part of the installation, it runs lilo so I don't have to. Note also that this line is only needed with kernels that were built to use an _init_ial _r_am _d_isk, which most official Debian kernels are, I believe. Kent So that's it, besides running Lilo? I wonder why, those two steps, don't tend to work for me, when upgrading from the 2.2.* image from stable. :\ -- Steve + Saturday Apr 17 2004 10:26:02 AM EDT + *** *** * ** Confucious say: Is stuffy inside fortune cookie. *** *** pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrade debian kernal
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 10:16:58AM +1000, Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? Thanks Chris Lowe Hi Chris, there are pre-compiled version of 2.6. do: apt-cache search kernel-image|grep 2\.6|more -Kev signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: upgrade debian kernal
On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 07:21:11PM -0500 or thereabouts, Kent West wrote: Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? If you're just wanting to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3, there's no need to recompile (assuming you're running sid at least, and maybe earlier versions). Just apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.3-686 (assuming a Pentium Pro or newer). You can see other available kernel versions with apt-cache search kernel-image Hi Kent: Not the OP, but I'd like to jump in, to clarify something for myself. :) It seems to me, that there is more to installing a binary kernel image, if one is going from the 2.2.x kernel in Woody, to a newer one. Could someone detail the steps, say going from 2.2.x to 2.4.x. I mean, doesn't one have to run lilo, make sure mod tools are installed, etc.? I always get confused on the add such n such a stanza, to one's lilo. It doesn't really say what line to put it on, etc. So speaking for myself, (but I'm sure others would be interested to) it would be nice for someone to list the steps in detail. Apologies if this has been done before, but if it has, I surely can't find it. Thanks. -- Steve + Friday Apr 16 2004 11:26:01 PM EDT + Your lucky color has faded. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrade debian kernal
Kevin Mark wrote: On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 10:16:58AM +1000, Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. there are pre-compiled version of 2.6. Not in 3.0 (Woody) there aren't. There are backports available, but they are not in the standard package sources. Chris: To answer your original question - you will need module-init-tools to use the new module setup in the 2.6 kernel series, gcc to compile the kernel, and libncurses5-dev for make menuconfig. Get module-init-tools from www.backports.org; the rest are available from your preferred Debian mirror. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
S.D.A. wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 07:21:11PM -0500 or thereabouts, Kent West wrote: Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? If you're just wanting to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3, there's no need to recompile (assuming you're running sid at least, and maybe earlier versions). Just apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.3-686 (assuming a Pentium Pro or newer). You can see other available kernel versions with apt-cache search kernel-image Hi Kent: Not the OP, but I'd like to jump in, to clarify something for myself. :) It seems to me, that there is more to installing a binary kernel image, if one is going from the 2.2.x kernel in Woody, to a newer one. Could someone detail the steps, say going from 2.2.x to 2.4.x. I mean, doesn't one have to run lilo, make sure mod tools are installed, etc.? I always get confused on the add such n such a stanza, to one's lilo. It doesn't really say what line to put it on, etc. So speaking for myself, (but I'm sure others would be interested to) it would be nice for someone to list the steps in detail. Apologies if this has been done before, but if it has, I surely can't find it. Thanks. I've never had to do anything extra _except_ add the initrd line to lilo.conf. When you apt-get install kernel-image-2.4-blahblah, it should warn you about this; at this point, if I haven't already done so on a previous kernel upgrade, I let that sit and hope over to a different VT or terminal window, and edit /etc/lilo.conf, like so: image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only initrd=/initrd.img append=hdc=ide-scsi # restricted # alias=1 Notice the single line that says initrd=/initrd.img; this is the only line I have to add, and I don't believe it matters where in the stanza it goes. Then I save the file and hop back to my kernel installation and tell it to continue. As part of the installation, it runs lilo so I don't have to. Note also that this line is only needed with kernels that were built to use an _init_ial _r_am _d_isk, which most official Debian kernels are, I believe. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
Chris Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? Get kernel-package and kernel-source-version. Follow the instructions in /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/ (mirrored at http://ursine.ca/cgi-bin/dwww?type=filelocation=/usr/share/doc/kernel-package) -- Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrade debian kernal
On Thu, 2004-04-15 at 02:16, Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? [ ... ] I wrote some lines on how to do that on a Debian system: http://www.geocities.com/wolfgangpfeiffer/kernel.html You'll find there only the actual commands you'll need to build a kernel the debian way, plus some hints on docs that are useful for understanding what actually is done with these commands. Or that's at least what I'm hoping for. Should work, as I hope, on a x86 machine, too: I learned this stuff on ppc. And yes: Comments on how useful this page is are extremely welcome :) HTH Good luck Wolfgang -- Profile, Links: http://profiles.yahoo.com/wolfgangpfeiffer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrade debian kernal
I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? Thanks Chris Lowe
Re: upgrade debian kernal
Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? If you're just wanting to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3, there's no need to recompile (assuming you're running sid at least, and maybe earlier versions). Just apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.3-686 (assuming a Pentium Pro or newer). You can see other available kernel versions with apt-cache search kernel-image If you're really asking about compiling a kernel, it's been too long since I've done so, so I'll let others address that. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
Hi Kris, First if you recompile your kernel, you can choose a 2.6.5 (why a 2.6.3?! weird). Anyway, it's the same. As Kent say you can see available versions with apt-cache search kernel-image. Then, do 'apt-get install kernel-package' to install some tools you'll need to compile your new kernel using the Debian way (simplier). go to /usr/src and unpack kernel sources. cd your_source_directory (usually just linux) make menuconfig make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image take a break. cd .. dpkg -i kernel-image* run lilo -v (just to be sure) reboot go to: http://www.digitalhermit.com/~kwan/kernel.html to read the kernel HowTo (you can also do that in first!) Aurel Kent West wrote: Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? If you're just wanting to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3, there's no need to recompile (assuming you're running sid at least, and maybe earlier versions). Just apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.3-686 (assuming a Pentium Pro or newer). You can see other available kernel versions with apt-cache search kernel-image If you're really asking about compiling a kernel, it's been too long since I've done so, so I'll let others address that. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:21:11 -0500, Kent West wrote: Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 and I need to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3. I would like to use menuconfig to build the kernel. I am new to debian and have never compiled my own kernel before. What tools will I need to install/update before I can build the kernel? If you're just wanting to upgrade to kernel 2.6.3, there's no need to recompile (assuming you're running sid at least, and maybe earlier versions). Just apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.3-686 (assuming a Pentium Pro or newer). You can see other available kernel versions with apt-cache search kernel-image If you're really asking about compiling a kernel, it's been too long since I've done so, so I'll let others address that. Since you're running Woody, you'll need to find a backported kernel-image for 2.6. Try searching www.backports.org (and look through the list archives in recent weeks; there's been lots of discussion thus). As for custom compilation, see the following: http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html -- Matt Kirchhoff Have you checked the Wiki today? http://wiki.debian.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
Incoming from Aurel: Hi Kris, First if you recompile your kernel, you can choose a 2.6.5 (why a 2.6.3?! weird). Anyway, it's the same. As Kent say you can see available versions with apt-cache search kernel-image. Then, do 'apt-get install kernel-package' to install some tools you'll need to compile your new kernel using the Debian way (simplier). go to /usr/src and unpack kernel sources. cd your_source_directory (usually just linux) make menuconfig make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image modules_image take a break. cd .. dpkg -i kernel-image* and dpkg -i modules-image* run lilo -v (just to be sure) reboot -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 07:15:31PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: make menuconfig make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image modules_image Assuming there's something in /usr/src/modules, right? Like pcmcia-cs? Or is pcmcia-cs now in 2.6? -- Bill Moseley [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
Bill Moseley wrote: On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 07:15:31PM -0600, s. keeling wrote: make menuconfig make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image make-kpkg --revision=MyKernel.1 kernel_image modules_image Assuming there's something in /usr/src/modules, right? Like pcmcia-cs? Or is pcmcia-cs now in 2.6? yep, otherwise no need to add modules_image -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrade debian kernal
Matt Kirchhoff wrote: On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:21:11 -0500, Kent West wrote: Chris Lowe wrote: I am running debian base 3.0r0 assuming you're running sid at least Since you're running Woody Well, duh! I was paying close attention, huh? Ignore me; I'm an idiot. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
