On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 08:42:48PM -0700, David Emerson wrote: > Hi there, > > I ran into a nasty problem while trying to install sarge: The 2.6.8 > kernel has a bug that won't allow my computer to boot. > > (( I have a compaq armada 1750 laptop. It has issues... )) (( In the > past, I've never been able to get my mouse to work with a 2.4 > kernel, and it's always been easy with 2.6. )) > > So, is there a way to download a newer (like, 2.6.12) kernel and > just drop it into /boot ?? (Keeping in mind that I can't actually > boot debian to install it) > > Where on earth can I download the files? Assumably, the files I want > are: > > initrd.img-2.6.12-10-386 > vmlinuz-2.6.12-10-386 > > And probably also: > > config-2.6.12-10-386 > System.map-2.6.12-10-386 > > Assuming I can find the files to download, should this operation be > as simple as I'm assuming it to be? >
David, This is not that easy to do, if you search the archives I've written just a couple of weeks ago about how to do this. Could you tell us what the problem with 2.6.8 is, maybe there is a workaround? /Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
