upgrade the kernel

LQ496873 · 07-11-2006, 10:20 AM

Ive got 2.6.11.12 and need to go to 2.6.16.24 so I can run the linux live scripts.

What commands do I need to run? I want to keep all the kernel settings ive got at the moment. Ive recompiled my kernel countless times using

make menuconfig
make all or just make
make modules_install

So how do I keep the old settings and upgrade. I keep reading the command make oldconfig in google. Do I just use this then make all and make modules install?

Hope someone can help!

Many thanks

hepburnenthorpe · 07-11-2006, 10:24 AM

One way woul dbe to go into your old kernel, save the configuration into a known file (its the last option in menuconfig), then go into the new kernel and load it (second last option in menuconfig).

LQ496873 · 07-12-2006, 02:42 PM

It worked great! Cheers