John Graves wrote:
I have used apt-cdrom to check the 2 cds I have for the distro I used and e1000 is not found. And I booted off the Knoppix cd I have and uname reports kernal 2.4.20 and does load e1000 according to lsmod. The network connection works with Knoppix.
I have no network connection on the server with the distro I have installed I can download into a windows system and burn a CD.
1.How do I upgrade the kernal I have installed on the server from 2.2.0 to >2.4.0??
2. Where is the source for the upgrade??
3.Can I then use Apt-get upgrade to install it???
Not having a working network makes it a bit painful. A couple of things you can do.
1) Use Windows or Knoppix to download a new installer based on Testing rather than on Stable, and reinstall the system. Of course, this means you'll be installing Testing/Sarge instead of Stable/Woody, and it means a reinstall. Still, if this is for a workstation instead of a server, I think you'd be _much_ happier with Testing or Sid than with Stable, because Stable is really old now.
2) Use Windows or Knoppix to download the kernel image file and any associated dependencies (painfully tedious) from www.debian.org/Debian Packages. You'll want a kernel image file that matches your requirements, like "kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686", etc. Then install them with something like "dpkg -i *deb".
Of these two choices, I'd go with number 1, but I'd done the second one also, and it works.
-- Kent
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