* cmustard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021128 10:59]: > Ok, it's time,... i just got a d-link air, dwl-650 wireless card for my old > timer laptop(pent mmx 233MHZ). I'm running debian woody 2.4.18-bf2.4, > and it appears that there is a debian linux-wlan-ng package for the > drivers but it is built against the 2.4.19 kernel. > > I just downloaded 2.4.19.tar.bz2 from kernel.org but now i' reading debian > specifics and there is a package kernel-image-2.4.19-386? is this an apt-get > package?
hastings@onefish ~ 8% apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4.19-386 kernel-image-2.4.19-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.19 on 386. linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.4.19-386 - drivers for wireless prism2 cards pcmcia-modules-2.4.19-386 - PCMCIA Modules for Linux (kernel 2.4.19-386). So yes! Just apt-get install it if you don't want to compile. > > I also jussr installed `kernel-package' which is the 'debian specific'(?) way > to install the new kernel? (what i understood from debian FAQ's) > > I am a little confused as to which is the best route to go with debian for > compiling/installing a new kernel. > > The `regular' way (i.e make, makeconfig, etc) > The kernel-package way (i.e make-kpkg kernel_image) If you really wan to compile it yourself, go the Debian way. > The apt-get way? (i.e. sudo apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.19-386, does this > even exist?) See above. apt-cache search is your friend. > > Also, i'm have the understanding that as soon as my 2.4.19 kernel is up and > running i can just install the wlan-ng modules/packages, etc,... Is this > true or do i have to include them in compiling the kernel? Umm, not sure, but try: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.19-386? \ linux-wlan-ng-modules-2.4.19-386 \ linux-wlan-ng > > I would appreciate any help/info or guidence in this area, also any > current good reading material on `proper' kernel compiling,... the debian way. Have a look at the Debian manual at the debian.org. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Hastings _ \_\ Phone: +61 3 8344 5075 School of Physics, /_/ ((((_)O: Fax: +61 3 9347 4783 University of Melbourne :O(_)))) /_/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] VIC, 3010 Australia. \_\ http://epp.ph.unimelb.edu.au/~hastings -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
