On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 09:05:52AM +0000, Dave Turner wrote: > On 14/02/16 08:55, swdev wrote: > >Hi there > > > >Long time lurker - first post :) > > > >Thanks for all the hard-work from the Devuan developers. > > > >I installed devuan alpha2 maybe a month ago, and am slowly > >installing other apps as I need them. > > > >So far, all is well. > > > >I noticed that I am running Linux 3.16 > > > >~$ uname -a > >Linux jrlp02 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u3 > >(2016-01-17) x86_64 GNU/Linux > >~$ > > > >Is there some where I can find pre-packaged versions of Linux - > >say 4.4 for installation, or would I have to install the source > >and complie? > > > >Would this be sensible to install and test? > > > >Many thanks > > > >swdev1 > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Dng mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > One option, and I would say the easiest option, is to take a sharp > intake of breath and do a dist-upgrade to devaun unstable 'ceres'. > You'll like it, it's fun! > (mainly...) > ~$ uname -a > Linux tosh 4.3.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP debian 4.3.5-1 (2016-02-06) x86_64 GNU/Linux > > If you enjoy compiling kernels then I can't think of a good reason > not to roll your own. > > DaveT >
Or just edit your sources.list to include ceres temporarily, install the new kernel, and then remove ceres and go back to your alpha2. As fat as I know, installing a completely new kernel doesn't remove the old one, though you may have to edit some boot files so you have a choice of kernels when you boot. -- hendrik > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
