Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?
On 2006-02-03, Colin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can actually remove the hdd=ide-scsi option altogether and write to your CD Writer directly. ie. instead of: cdrecord dev=0,0,0 ... you use: cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd ... You mean with the 2.6.* kernel, right? If you haven't already, any customization you did in the /etc/modutils directory has to be moved over to your /etc/modprobe.d directory. Thanks for pointing that out. I think the only customization I have is to use the pwcx.o driver for my webcam. Is something available to replace that for 2.6 kernels? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?
I've got a Debian testing/unstable system running a 2.4.27-2-386 or 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, booted from LILO, and I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.6.something. I had originally planned to wait until I had a new computer but I haven't got around to picking one out yet. If I just use aptitude to install a 2.6 kernel, how much trouble will it be to get it running? I assume I'll need to edit lilo.conf to add a suitable entry without the hdd=ide-scsi option (then I'll be able to install and use pmount and to use cdrecord directly with the ATAPI cd-writer). But there are any other complications? Or is it really that simple? I'd like to know before I start that it won't take up much of this weekend! -- Thanks, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?
On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 14:26 +, Adam Funk wrote: I've got a Debian testing/unstable system running a 2.4.27-2-386 or 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, booted from LILO, and I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.6.something. I had originally planned to wait until I had a new computer but I haven't got around to picking one out yet. If I just use aptitude to install a 2.6 kernel, how much trouble will it be to get it running? I assume I'll need to edit lilo.conf to add a suitable entry without the hdd=ide-scsi option (then I'll be able to install and use pmount and to use cdrecord directly with the ATAPI cd-writer). But there are any other complications? Or is it really that simple? I did the same thing about a year ago. In my experience, everything went very smooth. Of course I didn't have any type of cd-writer on the machine, but what you said sounds accurate. The only issue was that hotplug now found my wireless card and insmod'ed the orinoco module for it. But I was using hostap, so I had to blacklist my orinoco driver, so it wouldn't do it. Casey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?
On 2/2/06, Adam Funk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a Debian testing/unstable system running a 2.4.27-2-386 or 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, booted from LILO, and I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.6.something. I had originally planned to wait until I had a new computer but I haven't got around to picking one out yet. http://kerneltrap.org/node/3385 describes a bizarre situation that, as far as I know, still exists today.
Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?
On 2006-02-02, David Kirchner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/2/06, Adam Funk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a Debian testing/unstable system running a 2.4.27-2-386 or 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, booted from LILO, and I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.6.something. I had originally planned to wait until I had a new computer but I haven't got around to picking one out yet. http://kerneltrap.org/node/3385 describes a bizarre situation that, as far as I know, still exists today. As I understand that, it wouldn't affect me since the computer in question only has 1 NIC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?
On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 08:47 -0800, David Kirchner wrote: http://kerneltrap.org/node/3385 describes a bizarre situation that, as far as I know, still exists today. Actually, something like this may have happened to me also. I just ended up switching the cables for the cards. However, later I found a way to configure interfaces by mac address, rather than by name in /usr/share/doc/ifupdown/examples/network-interfaces.gz . See the file for the full example: # Two ethernet interfaces, one connected to a trusted LAN, the other to # the untrusted Internet, identified by MAC address rather than interface # name: Of course this doesn't fix any programs that rely on interface name. Casey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How much hassle to upgrade from 2.4.27 to 2.6.*?
Adam Funk wrote: I've got a Debian testing/unstable system running a 2.4.27-2-386 or 2.4.27-2-386 kernel, booted from LILO, and I'm thinking of upgrading to 2.6.something. I had originally planned to wait until I had a new computer but I haven't got around to picking one out yet. If I just use aptitude to install a 2.6 kernel, how much trouble will it be to get it running? I assume I'll need to edit lilo.conf to add a suitable entry without the hdd=ide-scsi option (then I'll be able to install and use pmount and to use cdrecord directly with the ATAPI cd-writer). But there are any other complications? Or is it really that simple? You can actually remove the hdd=ide-scsi option altogether and write to your CD Writer directly. ie. instead of: cdrecord dev=0,0,0 ... you use: cdrecord dev=/dev/hdd ... If you haven't already, any customization you did in the /etc/modutils directory has to be moved over to your /etc/modprobe.d directory. Those are the biggies I can think of. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
