Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | If I need to upgrade a kernel on a Debian system, can I do it in the same way | as it is done with other distributions or is there some obscure Debian way to | do this? It seems that when I do it in the customary way, I later run into | problems which appear to be related to the kernel.
The best way to deal with kernel source, either a debianized kernel-source package, or kernel source straight off of ftp.kernel.org, is with the Debian kernel-package package. You do the standard make <whatever>config, e.g., "make xconfig", and then invoke make-kpkg. This compiles the source, including any modules, and builds you a nice *.deb file that you can install manually with "dpkg -i". Install kernel-package 6.05 (on slink) and read the man pages and docs in /usr/doc/kernel-package. Once you use it you'll never go back. It's a great utility. Gary
