hi,

i am currently using debian 3.1r1 and using kernel 2.4.27-2-386. I need to upgrade my kernel to a later newer version due to hardware. I am not very good at linux so can someone please guide me on how get and install the new version of the kernel (with the commands needed).

Help will be highly appreciated.

regards
harshil

Read this thread. I found it in 48 seconds by searching for "how to upgrade debian kernel to 2.6". My (almost) 12-year old son compiled and installed a 2.6.16.11 kernel on his Debian machine last night by following instructions he found by Googling the internet.

Or for those who want to build a kernel for any distro, this Kernel Rebuild Guide has the proper instructions. Why learn only the Debian way, when there are so many distros using the Linux kernel?

Because it makes a package with all advantages that it has.
I agree that it's still good to know how to do it for any distribution.

If you apt-get a kernel, it's not even for your system -- it's generic. That rather defeats upgrading a kernel for your specific hardware. While it might be an easy, safe way for a newb to get a kernel -- he learns nothing. Linux distros offer the opportunity to not only learn about one's computer, but also, to tweak and tune it for maximum performance. Something unheard of for Windows or Macintosh OSes.

I think you are talking of binary package while I'm talking of source kernel package.
I completly agree that for somebody new to this , its far better (and even easier in case of compile bug) to recompile a kernel using make,.. because it will work on every distro and will also work for other applications that are not provided by debian (and don't have a debian/rules file in their .tar.gz).

I sometimes recompile my kernel like this because I can't remember the line to type with make-kpkg (command that I also sometimes forget lol)

On the other hand doing it with make-kpkg to recompile a kernel will create a binary kernel package that you can for example easily uninstall with apt-get remove (and the doc in /usr/share/doc) ,..


hkhiroya, both methods are details here:
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/re...kernel.en.html


The other solution will be to install a binary package directly. A very general one with lots of stuff not needed but that would probably not slow the system.

Depends if you want to learn the inside of linux or if you have no time for this and only want to use it.