On Friday 23 December 2005 02:17 am, Greg Madden wrote: > On Thursday 22 December 2005 21:24, Laszlo wrote: > > For a Debian Sarge/Stable install, I originally installed Sarge when > > Sarge just went stable. I believe the first kernel was 2.6.8 that I > > installed as part of the Sarge install (instead of the 2.4.x series). > > I subsequently upgraded to 2.6.11-k-7 (pulled from debian testing or > > unstable at the time) and am running that kernel currently. When I > > upgraded, I left 2.6.8 as a choice at bootup. > > > > While running 2.6.11-k-7, can I update/upgrade the 2.6.8 kernel that > > shows as upgradable in synaptic/apt-get? I'd like to keep an up to > > date 2.6.8 for emergency purposes, but I don't know if the upgrade will > > work if I'm running 2.6.11 at the time of the upgrade. Or do I have to > > boot into 2.6.8 prior to upgrading 2.6.8? > > > > Will upgrading 2.6.8 as the stable updates request just add a patch to > > the kernel, or will I have to go through all the kernel flags again, > > the modules and recompile? > > It will upgrade the Sarge version, security update probably, just make > sure that it does not offer to delete, what it thinks, is an obsolete > kernel..though there will be plenty of warnings trying to remove a > running kernel. > -- > Greg Madden
Is it ok to install this patch or perform this upgrade to 2.6.8 while running 2.6.11-k7 or do I need to boot into the 2.6.8 kernel before patching/ upgrading? Thanks, -- Laszlo -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Taper shank drills, silver & deming drills, surface treated high speed steel jobbers length drills, http://www.bluebaysupply.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
