I prefer upgrading the kernel by downloading the source, do a make
menuconfig and the a:

make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modules
_install 

After that I copy the bzImage to /boot, edit my lilo.conf, run lilo and
I'm ready to boot again. I don't throw away old kernel, just in case.

Ron

PS. I don't think it would be a good thing if you could upgrade your
kernel with apt-get, because the best kernels are those you compiled for
your computer, not those general thing...

On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Will Trillich wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 12:52:37AM +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote:
> > Just edit the sources.list of apt, I guess it'll be wise to do something
> > like:
> > 
> > apt-get update
> > apt-get install ldso
> > apt-get install libc6
> > apt-get install perl-5.005
> > apt-get dist-upgrade
> > 
> > Upgrading ldso, libc6 and perl first will PROBABLY prevent some
> > difficulties, but it doesn't mean the upgrade will go completely smooth
> > (don't know how the upgrade goes now, but a few months ago I experienced
> > problems with libc6 and perl), but I think it won't give you much
> > trouble. Maybe you can check out www.debian.org if you can find some more
> > details on upgrading to potato.
> > 
> > Ron Rademaker
> 
> that'll probably help head off some difficulties for many of us!
> 
> how about getting the kernel upgraded as well? what's the
> magic incantation there? (apt-get upgrade apparently leaves
> the kernel itself alone...)
> 
> and how newbie-difficult is it to keep the old kernel around
> to put out a fire or two, Just In Case?
> 

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