On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Dale L . Morris wrote: > Ok, I want to install kernel 2.2.17. I have done that with 2.2.16 and > I understand that part. I'm confused about the debian way to do > it. Before I just downloaded 2.2.16 from www.kernel.org, untarred it > to /usr/src and compiled it. But, going to www.kernel.org now, there > is no 2.2.17 kernel to download. The only place I find it is on debian > ftp. So do I just execute 'apt-get install kernel-image 2.2.17' then > do the same for kernel-package, after which I go to the /usr/src > directory and compile it as I did with 2.2.16? (After my confusion > over release numbers I would hate to botch this..) > > thanks > > > > Sven Burgener ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 12:01:12PM -0700, Dale L . Morris wrote: > > > That's what I'm confused about, I am thinking, perhaps in error that > > > 2.2.2 is a later version than 2.2.16. Is that wrong? > > > > Yes, 2 is smaller than 16. It's not ".20" versus ".16". > > > > Regards > > Sven > > -- > > > "Know thyself.." > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
Have a look at the User Manual and look at the section about rolling your own kernel (Section 8.5). You basically either install the kernel-source package or you can use the source from Linus (www.kernel.org). Then you can install the kernel-package and build your kernel using make-kpkg. Also you can look at the documentation at /usr/share/doc/kernel-package. You will also need some other things like fakeroot, etc. When you are all done you will have you very own kernel-image .deb file. Then you can do 'dpkg -i kernel-image<your version>.deb'. Have fun ;). Dan -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Daniel E. Baumann E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] (caution: dynamic DNS service, may bounce) Web location: http://www.msoe.edu/~baumannd http://www.linuxfreak.com/~baumannd "Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code." -- Dave Olson ---------------------------------------------------------------------------