On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 05:25:56AM -0400, akr!linux-delhi.org@linux-delhi.org wrote:
also, upgrading kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 is not like any other upgrade since it crosses the lakhman rekha from filesystem ext2 to ext3 (as supreet pointed out). thus in some ways there's no going back! that's why i wanted specific advice.
Don't worry ... its not much of a lakshman rekha really, and you _can_ go back. All ext3 partitions are readable as ext2 from an older kernel, no hassles at all! And converting to ext3 is also very easy ... all you need is tune2fs.
so, my qs again - has anyone actually done the kernel upgrade using apt? someone also suggested downloading the binary image and adding one more entry in lilo.conf. i don't know if that will work though.
Never done a kernel upgrade using apt ... I compile the source instead! Very convenient, only thing is you spend time in the initial "make xconfig" phase, getting all the correct functionality inside.
Sameer.