* Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004 Jun 21 06:14 -0500]:
> On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 01:39:16 -0500, Kent West wrote:
>
> > Jules Dubois wrote:
> >>
> >>Thanks for the advice, Kent. A foolish question: There's really nothing
> >>more to it than installing a kernel-image package (and, in my case,
> >>updating initrd-tools)?
> >>
> > If you're not already running an initrd kernel, you may have to add one
> > line to /etc/lilo.conf, but you're warned about it during the install.
>
> I'll have a look at the GRUB documentation.
I found that running update-grub will cause the initrd stanza to be
added automatically into the menu.lst file. Thus, I didn't have to do
anything special when I migrated from my kernel-package built kernel to
the Debian image package.
For those wanting to migrate to 2.6, from my experience, be aware that
kmod seems to work differently as I now have to force load the modules
for a PS2 mouse (mousedev and psmouse) and my tulip based network card
from /etc/modules. In 2.4 these were detected and loaded
automatically. Outside of those modules and the current lack of
support for lm-sensors on my Athlon mainboard, 2.6.6 has worked well.
It "feels" faster because the responsiveness of the mouse has increased
considerably.
Enjoy!
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