On 16 December 2011 15:33, Bob Dunlop <bob.dun...@xyzzy.org.uk> wrote: > Hi, > > Please can anyone help a Gentoo user stuck in a mire of Debian apt-get > thingies. > > I'm having to do a bit of admin style stuff while the company recruits a > new Windows/Debian admin. So I have a Debian Squeeze box currently with > a 2.6.32-5 kernel on it which I need to update with a 3.+ kernel in order > to support a RTL8191SE Wifi interface. > > The 3.+ kernel image is in Wheezy/testing but how do I persuade Squeeze > to update this one package. Everything I've found on the web seems to > suggest that I have to upgrade the entire system from Squeeze to Wheezy > in a one way trip. > > Is there a way to upgrade a single package? On Gentoo this is trivially > easy. > > I figure I could download and compile the source from kernel.org and then > jam it into grub but I'd really prefer to do it in some "standard" way so > someone else can pick it up in the future. >
One option would be to role your own. Download the latest stable 3.x kernel from kernel.org Configure it making sure it includes the devices you need. compile it. install it, and create the initrd image. Get grub to boot it. You should then be there. Squeeze should work exactly the same with 2.6.32 and 3.x The API between apps and the kernel has not changed between 2.6.32 and 3.x. All that changes in more devices get added, and performance tweeks happen. I do this when I find a non-supported bit of hardware in Linux. Kind Regards James -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
