Ethan Benson wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 04:42:26PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > > apt-get update > > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.19 > > > > If I do the last step, will my current kernel be left in place and be > > bootable if I have problems with the upgrade? > > yes, debian kernel versions are in seperate packages, thats why they > are not upgraded automatically by apt. when you install > kernel-image-2.2.19 (assuming there is no other 2.2.19 package/kernel > installed) it will not touch any other kernel versions/ packages. > > just make sure you configure your bootloader to allow you to boot the > previous kernel, for lilo, quik, and yaboot: > > image=/vmlinux > label=linux > root=/dev/whatever > read-only > > image=/vmlinux.old > label=linux.old > root=/dev/whatever > read-only > Thanks, the install went great and I see that the install made a symbolic link to linux.old for the previous kernel. The kernel booted fine but couldn't find /var/modules/2.2.19/pcmcia I searched the directories and couldn't find the cardbus modules at all. What should I do now?
I can still boot the old kernel just fine thanks to your help. Eric