Richard Lyons wrote: > Andreas Janssen wrote: > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686 > Well, that was easy. Don't know what to say: I expect things to go > wrong.
The only thing that usually "goes wrong" here is that the bootstrapping kernel has a lot of device drivers compiled in while in the modular kernel they are modules. This means that for example a D-link (realtek) card has the driver in the kernel for the bootstrapping kernel but needs '8139too' in /etc/modules for the modular kernel or your networking does not work. (Or you need to build the 'rtl8139' driver as an alternative.) Since this totally depends upon your local hardware configuration nothing general can be said about it. This is something that is being worked on with the new autodetection schemes and will be addressed in a future release of Debian. I personally think the bootstrapping kernel should be the modular kernel so that users get put onto the path at the start and future upgrades are easier. Today the first kernel upgrade is the one rough spot because of the transition to a modular kernel but subsequent upgrades are then very easy. Bob
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