Re: how can I upgrade kernel in etch
On Sunday 06 June 2010 17:06:25 Long Wind wrote: I have etch which use kernel 2.6.18-6 I want to upgrade it to kernel 2.6.24 or later but it doesn't contain it: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main Where can I find new kernel images in Debian packages? Suggestions so far: 1. Install linux-image-2.6.-$arch. You probably already have this installed; on Etch it is the 2.6.18 kernel plus some backported fixes. 2. Use Etch backports. Note that using Etch backports at this point means you might not have a clear upgrade path to Lenny without also including Lenny backports. Also, backports isn't (yet) an official part of the stable infrastructure. 3. Upgrade to Lenny. It is (well past) time to consider this. Security support for Etch has run out or will run out very soon. Lenny has been stable for quite some time now; in fact a freeze for Squeeze is currently in the works. Waiting for Squeeze to become stable doesn't save you any work, either -- a Etch - Squeeze upgrade isn't supported; you'd have to do an intermediate upgrade to Lenny anyway. My suggestion: Install linux-image-2.6-$arch-etchnhalf. During the lifetime of Etch, the release team admitted that 2.6.18 was simply not new enough even for Debian stable, at least for some users. Because of this, they provided Etch-and-a- half kernels that are 2.6.24, but did not bump linux-image-$arch, since that would have forced a kernel upgrade on users that were satisfied with 2.6.18. Upgrades from -etchnhalf kernels (to Lenny, which has 2.6.26 in linux- image-2.6-$arch) are supported, but the -etchnhalf kernel may need to be manually uninstalled after the upgrade completes. An -etchnhalf kernel is a temporary fix. It is likely that your current Etch installs have known security vulnerabilities that will not be addressed by Debian. You should upgrade to Lenny, ASAP. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/\_/ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
how can I upgrade kernel in etch
I have etch which use kernel 2.6.18-6 I want to upgrade it to kernel 2.6.24 or later but it doesn't contain it: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main Where can I find new kernel images in Debian packages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktinfdise2xcnyofnipxq_wtlll1qmeqctojtz...@mail.gmail.com
Re: how can I upgrade kernel in etch
On 7 June 2010 07:36, Long Wind longwind2...@gmail.com wrote: I have etch which use kernel 2.6.18-6 I want to upgrade it to kernel 2.6.24 or later but it doesn't contain it: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main Where can I find new kernel images in Debian packages? have you had a look into Debian backports[1] quick search revealed 2.6.26 kernel[2] has been back ported to etch Regards Dale [1] http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php [2] http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=linux-image-2.6searchon=namessection=allsuite=etch-backports -- [WWW] http://quail.southernvaleslug.org/ The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them - Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktim_vcugnof8ior7ns-qbzdzxqh-0mebtgqh0...@mail.gmail.com
Re: how can I upgrade kernel in etch
You could install a package like: linux-image-2.6-your architecture what this does is depends on the latest Linux kernel 2.6 and modules. In other words if you have this installed it will always have the latest kernel there too. You might not want that. -- C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100606202527.6cdd7...@mondo
Re: how can I upgrade kernel in etch
On Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:06:25 -0400 (EDT), Long Wind longwind2...@gmail.com wrote: I have etch which use kernel 2.6.18-6 I want to upgrade it to kernel 2.6.24 or later but it doesn't contain it: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main Where can I find new kernel images in Debian packages? You have three main options: (1) Upgrade Etch to Lenny. Follow the upgrade instructions in the release notes for Lenny. (2) Install Lenny over the top of your Etch system, formatting the partitions during the install. Obviously you will lose all files on the partitions that you format when you do this, so think carefully before you do this. At a minimum, you should have /home on a separate partition and not format that partition, so that you don't lose user files (except files belonging to root). (3) Install a newer kernel from Etch backports. There is actually a fourth option, namely installing a kernel from Lenny on your Etch system, but I don't recommend that. Etch is now the oldstable release, so I recommend options (1) or (2). -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/394883158.343386.1275872726361.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com
(solved)Re: how can I upgrade kernel in etch
Thank Dale, Charles Kroeger and Stephen Powell! I will install from backports. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktilhgiwaquboc_q1sqvsly5f4kbbhrdeegjiq...@mail.gmail.com
