see my response below...
On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Matt Wong wrote:
> 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.
OK... odd.. I remember seeing a message about the possibility of HOSING my
system, but I did not see anything telling me that I'd be making a backup
etc.. I'll try it again.. should I just re-run apt-get update and apt-get
upgrade?
Also, thanks for the info on how to upgrade an individual package...
J.
> 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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