Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.01.19.0147 +0100]: > > Yeah, okay, I was harsh. For that I'm sorry. But on the plus side, it > > did have the intended effect of stopping a thread in its tracks, and > > probably gave some people the idea that, just because they don't use > > something does

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread ben
On Friday 18 January 2002 04:28 pm, David B Harris wrote: [snip] > Yeah, okay, I was harsh. For that I'm sorry. But on the plus side, it > did have the intended effect of stopping a thread in its tracks, and > probably gave some people the idea that, just because they don't use > something doesn't

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread David B Harris
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 14:39:53 -0800 ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > man, i can't believe that you told dman--one of the most unreservedly > helpful and still modest people on this list--to shut up. that's damn > near slapping your mama in the face. dude, apologize. Well, firstly, I can also be a r

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread dman
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 02:39:53PM -0800, ben wrote: | On Friday 18 January 2002 01:22 pm, David B Harris wrote: | > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:57:16 -0500 | > | > dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > Isn't that why I ran "vim /boot/grub/menu.lst" in the first place? | > > With a configuration as simp

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread ben
On Friday 18 January 2002 01:22 pm, David B Harris wrote: > On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:57:16 -0500 > > dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't that why I ran "vim /boot/grub/menu.lst" in the first place? > > With a configuration as simple to manage as grub's is, I can't imagine > > why this would nee

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread darrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:57:16 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Isn't that why I ran "vim /boot/grub/menu.lst" in the first place? With a configuration as simple to manage as grub's is, I can't imagine why this would need to be automated. (X, yes; sendmail, yes;

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread David B Harris
On Fri, 18 Jan 2002 01:57:16 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't that why I ran "vim /boot/grub/menu.lst" in the first place? > With a configuration as simple to manage as grub's is, I can't imagine > why this would need to be automated. (X, yes; sendmail, yes; grub, > not really) What

RE: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread Jeff Bonner
> Cant i use a 2.4.x one? > > thanks > > > > Well, im using Debian 2.2 r5 (just upgraded a while > > > ago to that)... This method seems, IMHO, a *much* easier way to go about compiling a new kernel. Give it a try... http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/tutorials/kernel-pkg.en/index-kernel-pk g.ht

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 07:57, dman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 01:07:48AM -0500, David B Harris wrote: > | On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:18:19 -0500 > | dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > | > Really? Have they figured out how to read my mind and put the config > | > I want in there? > | > | Of course

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread dman
On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 01:07:48AM -0500, David B Harris wrote: | On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:18:19 -0500 | dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Really? Have they figured out how to read my mind and put the config | > I want in there? | | Of course not. :-) | They've done the next best thing and made

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-18 Thread David B Harris
On Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:18:19 -0500 dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Really? Have they figured out how to read my mind and put the config > I want in there? Of course not. They've done the next best thing and made it configurable. -- .--=-=-=-=--=---=-=-=

Re: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Charles Baker
--- Camilux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cant i use a 2.4.x one? > > thanks > > Note I said a debian kernel package ( read precompiled and in .deb format ) You can of course compile your own 2.4.x kernel for potato, but IIRC it takes a bit of adjustment...There are some instructions and package

Re: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread dman
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 01:30:14PM -0800, Camilux wrote: | Cant i use a 2.4.x one? Sure, but you'll have to upgrade your 'modutils', and possible something else. -D -- Folly delights a man who lacks judgement, but a man of understanding keeps a straight course. Proverbs 15:21

Re: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Camilux
Cant i use a 2.4.x one? thanks On 17 Jan 2002, at 10:23, Charles Baker wrote: > > --- Camilux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > > > Well, im using Debian 2.2 r5 (just upgraded a while > > ago to that)... > > > > again, thanks a lot for all the help.. > > > > - Camilo > > > >

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Jesse Goerz
On Wednesday 16 January 2002 15:12, Charles Baker wrote: > --- Camilux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi ppl, just wanted to know if theres a "Debian" way > > of upgradind > > the kernel as well.. or is it still manually > > downloading, unzipping, > > etc etc? > > > > thanks! > > Camilo > > Debian

Re: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Charles Baker
--- Camilux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Well, im using Debian 2.2 r5 (just upgraded a while > ago to that)... > > again, thanks a lot for all the help.. > > - Camilo > > <> In that case, the latest kernel package available for you is 2.2.19. You are using the stable distribu

Re: Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Camilux
> > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > --- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:02:49 -0500 > > From: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > Subject: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way? > &

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread dman
On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:46:38AM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: | On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 20:02, dman wrote: | [...] | > $ fakeroot make-kpkg --config=xconfig --append-to-version=-custom.1 | > --revision=custom.1 kernel_image kernel_doc kernel_headers | > # dpkg -i ../kernel-image-

Fwd: Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Charles Baker
for you isYou can check available packages for your distribution at: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages --- dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 14:02:49 -0500 > From: dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: R

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-17 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 20:02, dman wrote: [...] > $ fakeroot make-kpkg --config=xconfig --append-to-version=-custom.1 > --revision=custom.1 kernel_image kernel_doc kernel_headers > # dpkg -i ../kernel-image-__.deb > # vim /boot/grub/menu.lst Only to say tht in the recent grub ther

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-16 Thread Charles Baker
--- Camilux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ppl, just wanted to know if theres a "Debian" way > of upgradind > the kernel as well.. or is it still manually > downloading, unzipping, > etc etc? > > thanks! > Camilo > > Debian way to compile a new kernel: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable

Re: Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-16 Thread dman
On Wed, Jan 16, 2002 at 12:55:28PM -0800, Camilux wrote: | Hi ppl, just wanted to know if theres a "Debian" way of upgradind | the kernel as well.. or is it still manually downloading, unzipping, | etc etc? # apt-get install kernel-image-- # vim /boot/grub/menu.lst # reboot or # apt-get instal

Upgrading Kernel the Debian way?

2002-01-16 Thread Camilux
Hi ppl, just wanted to know if theres a "Debian" way of upgradind the kernel as well.. or is it still manually downloading, unzipping, etc etc? thanks! Camilo