[Malvern] Upgrading the Kernel.

[Geoff Bagley]

Thanks Chris for the detailed advice.

Please also see my other reply for the history and motivation.

Best regards,

Geoff.

Chris Eilbeck wrote:

>On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 08:59:09PM +0000, Geoff Bagley wrote:
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>>We [are] half-way (I hear) through the period when Etch will replace Sarge.
>>Etch will no longer support the 2.4.x  kernel. I guess I should be 
>>thinking about upgrade.
>>How can I upgrade the kernel whilst the current one is actually in use ?
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>Just install the new kernel image and reboot.  apt will take care of
>everything for you.  Try
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>  apt-get install kernel-image-2.6 
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>which will give you a list of candidate kernel images.  Pick one which
>matches your hardware and explicitly apt-get it using something like
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>  apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.8-k7
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>and all will be well.  apt will update your grub menu and install any kernel
>modules or utils which'd need updating.
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>>It sounds to me like a complete re-install !
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>Not at all.
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>Chris
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