On Sep 3, 2006, at 2:19 PM, AgentM wrote: > On Sep 3, 2006, at 10:44 , Robert Citek wrote: > >> At ByteWorks we've been using Debian/Sarge with the 2.4 kernel. We'd >> now like to start using the 2.6 kernel. Can we upgrade Debian from a >> 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel using apt-get, or would it be more >> advisable to reinstall Debian, specifying 'linux26' at the boot >> prompt? > > apt-get is awesome for kernel upgrades or switches- it even changes > your default kernel in grub. apt-get forever!
Are there any caveats that I should be aware of when doing an apt-get to upgrade the kernel? After the upgrade to 2.6 can I remove the 2.4 kernel? Regards, - Robert http://www.cwelug.org/downloads Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
