On Sep 4, 2006, at 11:04 , Robert Citek wrote: > > 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?
If you made any custom kernel modifications (modules, setup), then you should expect to need to move/port them. > After the upgrade to 2.6 can I remove the 2.4 > kernel? with apt-get remove...did you encounter some difficulties? -M _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
