I prefer upgrading the kernel by downloading the source, do a make menuconfig and the a:
make dep && make clean && make bzImage && make modules && make modules _install After that I copy the bzImage to /boot, edit my lilo.conf, run lilo and I'm ready to boot again. I don't throw away old kernel, just in case. Ron PS. I don't think it would be a good thing if you could upgrade your kernel with apt-get, because the best kernels are those you compiled for your computer, not those general thing... On Sun, 2 Jul 2000, Will Trillich wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2000 at 12:52:37AM +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote: > > Just edit the sources.list of apt, I guess it'll be wise to do something > > like: > > > > apt-get update > > apt-get install ldso > > apt-get install libc6 > > apt-get install perl-5.005 > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > > > Upgrading ldso, libc6 and perl first will PROBABLY prevent some > > difficulties, but it doesn't mean the upgrade will go completely smooth > > (don't know how the upgrade goes now, but a few months ago I experienced > > problems with libc6 and perl), but I think it won't give you much > > trouble. Maybe you can check out www.debian.org if you can find some more > > details on upgrading to potato. > > > > Ron Rademaker > > that'll probably help head off some difficulties for many of us! > > how about getting the kernel upgraded as well? what's the > magic incantation there? (apt-get upgrade apparently leaves > the kernel itself alone...) > > and how newbie-difficult is it to keep the old kernel around > to put out a fire or two, Just In Case? >
