> Hello, > You can upgrade the kernel without messing with anything else - all you > have to do is either > a) download the latest kernel-source packafe (apt-gettable) and compile > in your needed options, make kpkg and so forth, or > b) download the tar.gz from www.kernel.org - what I generally do, > although it's unpatched. Compile in your needed options, make clean, > etc, and reboot. > There are a number of good walkthroughs online - a google search for > kernel recompile or something should give you more than enough options. > One note as an afterthought - if you've never done this before, and > aren't sure what options you need to enable, copying the .config file > from your current kernel source directory into the new one before > configuring can be helpful - at least you'll have all the same options > chosen as before. > Good luck, > Steve >
If someone is going to compile the kernel, what advantage does the "Debian way" have over the procedure in the kernel compile howto?
