* Xan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-07-30 11:53]: > >>Steps are: > >>1) apt-get install linux-image-ipx4xx > >>2) [make menuinstall?] > >>3) [put the new kernel in boot loader?]
You can skip 2 and 3. Installing a kernel .deb will automatically put the new kernel into flash. > >I'm not sure what you mean about putting the kernel in the boot > >loader. > > > >The kernel is written to a partition in flash where the boot loader > >looks for it. You don't need to do anything to the boot loader or > >boot loader environment to use a new kernel. > > Yes. By "putting the kernel in the boot loader" I mean the process of > what the slug boots the new compiled kernel instead of old. You mean flash memory, not boot loader. In any case, your slug is configured in a way that a newly installed kernel (assuming you install a .deb and not a kernel by hand) will automatically write the kernel to flash. You don't need to do anything - only reboot after the upgrade is done. > Can you clarify me? > What's the simplest way to update the new kernel? Is it necessary to > have gcc installed in slug?. When we have compiled new kernel how to > substitute the old one? And how to delete the old kernel from slug? You don't need gcc if you merely want to install a kernel .deb package from the archive. You only need gcc if you want to compile your own kernel, but there's no reason to do this. Installing a new kernel will automatically replace the current kernel with the new one in flash. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
