On Sun, 6 Apr 2003, akr!linux-delhi.org@linux-delhi.org wrote: [snip]
i have the debian 3.0 seven disk ditro (which is an installation set for both kernels 2.2.18 or 2.4, i.e. both potato and woody). i am currently running debian with kernel 2.2.15. i would like to do a kernel upgrade to 2.4 without having to re-partition disks etc. can anyone please tell me how this can be done using the ditro set that i have?
Yes, upgrading kernel is like updating any other package on the system. This is possible due to efficient package management systems like apt (Advanced Packaging Tool) and rpm (RedHat Package Manager), which takes care of details for the user. Repartitioning of disk is not required to install another kernel. (This assumes you have sufficient space in / and /boot)
*Make sure you have a boot disk* for your system before you upgrade your kernel.
Under Debian you can simply do,
# apt-get update # apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4 # apt-get install kernel-image-<version> # Put chosen version here
apt will take care of dependencies for you, you will probably have to replace some important packages on system when you do this shift from 2.2.x to 2.4.x kernels.
HTH, Rajesh