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ok, i have an adsl modem and i need kernel 2.4.x to get connected to the internet, so the only thing i can do is go to windows and download and burn all the files i need. so now i want to update to kernel 2.6.x anyone here who can points me in the right direction plz?? because i see only people who write tuts using apt-get somewhere in the updating process which isn't an option for me..
download the sources somewhere (/usr/linux-2.6/ for example) and then cd into the directory. then, if you know where it is, copy over the .config -file from your current kernel (to get the current settings) and do
make menuconfig
(or instead, make oldconfig/make xconfig/whatever) and change what you wish if you wish (no editing = basic kernel). then do
make deps
make bzImage
make modules
make modules_install
then copy (you're supposed to be in the source directory you downloaded & extracted) arch/i386/boot/bzImage (suppose you've got i386) to your boot partition, and from the source directory System.map to the boot directory, edit your bootloader's config (if it's LILO, run it after editing to get it work) and reboot.
make menuconfig (or whateverconfig)
make (does bzImage, deps, anything else needed)
make modules_install (puts all modules in /lib/modules/2.6.x/ and registers them with modprobe)
make install (copies bzImage, System.map, and runs and checks config for LILO)
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