Can I just update to test26.s kernel to get PCI SATA/IDE card to work

excel28 · 01-31-2006, 12:48 AM

I currently have Slackware 10.1 with the default 2.4.x kernel.

I was wondering if I get the 2.6.x kernel (located at kernels/test26.s) off of 10.2, can I just copy bzImage, config, and System.map over, do the appropriate symbolic linking (ln -s) and then run the lilo command... will I have problems in the future?

I'm asking because I have my home server setup the way I want, and I want to put a new harddrive in but the motherboard is old and can't handle over 137GBs. So, my option was to get a Promise IDE/SATA PCI (SATA300 TX2 Plus) card instead of getting all new hardware.

Oh, and the reason why I'm looking into the test26.s kernel is this website (http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html) said that Slackware 10.2 test26.s will work.

heltreko · 01-31-2006, 01:06 AM

You also have to install the modules for the 2.6 kernel (availiable in /testing/packages/linux-2.6.13.

Also make sure you keep the possibility to boot your old kernel...