In a message Tom Kuiper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I recently installed the 2.0.33 kernel. Now I want to add the pcmcia | module, which is in a separate package. This module is already | installed for the previous version of the kernel, 2.0.30. I strongly | suspect that I cannot just create a pointer to | /lib/modules/2.0.30/pcmcia in /lib/modules/2.0.33. 'dselect' will not | let me re-install the pcmcia module because it is already installed. I | don't want to remove it and re-install it, because then 2.0.30 wont | have a pcmcia module anymore, and I'm not yet ready to trust the new | kernel completely. I can think of some work-arounds but I'd like to | know if there is an approved way around this problem.
How did you install the new kernel? Did you install the kernel image kernel-image-2.0.33_<version>.deb file or did you install the kernel source *.deb file and build a custom kernel? For the first case all the relevent modules are contained within the pcmcia-modules-<kernel version>*.deb file. In the later case you need to install pcmcia-source file and use the make-kpkg Debian utility. So, in summary, if you're using Debian 2.0 Beta (similiar for 1.3.x) and you installed kernel-image-2.0.33_2.0.33-9.deb, then install pcmcia-modules-2.0.33_3.0.0-8k9.deb and you should be all set. The pcmcia-modules*.deb file you need to install for the 2.0.33 kernel should have a different version than the one you installed for 2.0.30 and so there shouldn't be a problem with dselect. You can always get the *.deb file manually and use "dpkg -i" on it. This will, I believe, uninstall the previous version and then install the new one, whether they're the same version or not. If you installed the source file kernel-source-2.0.33_2.0.33-9.deb then install pcmcia-source_3.0.0-8.deb and take the following steps: cd /usr/src/linux make xconfig OR make menuconfig OR make config make-kpkg --revision <custom kern revision number> kernel_image (and maybe, can't recall for sure) make-kpkg --revision <custom kern revision number> modules_image If you're doing this then take a look at /usr/doc/pcmcia. It has a step by step procedure for installing the PCMCIA stuff from source that I'm sure is more accurate than my memory. Good Luck! Gary -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
