Hi Joshua
On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 08:12:43AM -0500, Joshua S. Freeman wrote:
> At a certain point in the process I was presented with some dialog about
> whether I wanted to update the kernel.. (i think the new one on offer was
> .18)... i was warned that I may completely hose my system in the process
> as it would download and install the new kernel, kernel sources and kernel
> modules and replace what i am currently running with the new stuff...
>
> I opted out... but I'm wondering what the best way is to keep my system up
> to date with minimal overhead (time, effort) and danger of hosing my
> system..
When replacing the kernel image it will also replace all the kernel
modules as well. During the actually installation/configuration step
you will be prompted to make a backup of /lib/modules/2.2.16-storm. Do
this by moving the directory to something like
/lib/modules/2.2.16-storm.old then confirm the step.
It will only take affect at your next reboot. You can do this quite
safely.
> what started all this? I went to the security pages at debian and saw
> that it was recommended that I upgrade modutils... I was able to download
> the new debian package, but I'm not at all sure how to actually 'run' the
> .deb file I downloaded. IOW, I now know how to run apt-get upgrade, but I
> don't know how to upgrade individual packages...
Ah, the beauty of having a Debian based distro =) If you wish to upgrade
a single package then you do not need to download it. Simply:
apt-get update
apt-get install package
If you wish to upgrade your entire system to the latest packages then:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
Matt
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