Knoppix 3.2, kernel 2.6 install
 

I installed knoppix 3.2, and I wanted to upgrade to 2.6. I downloaded the kernel-image and mod-init-tools .deb files from the debian servers. After installing it, I checked lilo.conf, and everything was fine. But, when I booted into the new kernel, it tells me it is loading, then uncompressing. And then it stops. What is wrong?

I think you need udev > 011 too, at least I have always seen that on other builds.

There may be other packages that need to be installed in order to meet the requirements of the downloaded binary. One way to get around this is to try compiling your own kernel. It is not very hard.

I seem to remember a thread listing all of the packages that 2.6.0 needed (minimum versions), you could try searching for that if the udev was not the problem.

Udev? A search for it on packages.debian.org doesn't return any results, and I don't have it installed. Likewise, the packages page for kernel-image-2.6 does not have any dependencies listed. What did you mean?

For building the 2.6 kernel

Take and read the following:

http://www.linux.org.uk/~davej/docs/...loween-2.6.txt

You need to get the module-init-tools.

Use lspci -v to help select your hardware. This will be helpful for configuring the 2.6 kernel.

make mrproper
make menuconfig
make
make modules_install
make install

Then modify you lilo.conf or grub.txt

make install installs vmlinuz into the boot directory along with System.map
It creates a symbolic link to you old vmlinuz -> vmlinuz.old and System.old

All you need to do is add entry for the old vmlinuz. I use lilo.conf

This is mine....

image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=Linux2.6
read-only

** This would be you redhat config. **
image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
vga=791
append="hdc=scsi hdd=scsi apm=power-off nomce"
label=Linux2.4
read-only

If you are using lilo, issue lilo -v or modify you menu.lst for grub.

Hope this helps. The more people use 2.6 the better.