updateing the kernel

im1crazyassmofo · 03-04-2003, 10:12 PM

how do i update the kernel...the filename is patch-2.4.20.bz2

i have never had to use a .bz2 file....how do i get it installed

doublefailure · 03-04-2003, 10:22 PM

patch-* is patch for a kernel..

u download a kernel.
apply the patch.
compile patched kernel
copy image file & compile module & install module
& edit lilo.conf & excute /sbin/lilo

is kernel compile process.

detailed howto is here
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html

easier explanation
http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Compiling_Kernels

trickykid · 03-04-2003, 10:29 PM

Remember in most cases you will have to already be using the 2.4.19 kernel and if your using Slack 8.1 it comes with 2.4.18, so in order for you to apply the 2.4.20 patch, you will have to also apply the 2.4.19 patch before it.

Just a heads up in applying patches and not just downloading the whole kernel and compiling that way.

wr3ck3d · 03-04-2003, 10:34 PM

just a quick question....say i just downloaded the 2.4.20 a few days ago...would it be patched already?? cuz i tried to apply the patch and it kept saying that this file has been created, etc...so after a few times it asked i jsut assumed it was patched. I got it from here ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4..so just wondering if i should of patched -thanks

trickykid · 03-04-2003, 10:38 PM

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Originally posted by wr3ck3d
just a quick question....say i just downloaded the 2.4.20 a few days ago...would it be patched already?? cuz i tried to apply the patch and it kept saying that this file has been created, etc...so after a few times it asked i jsut assumed it was patched. I got it from here ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4..so just wondering if i should of patched -thanks

If you already downloaded and compiled the 2.4.20 kernel, you have no use to patch it with the 2.4.20 patch.. you've already got the latest and greatest.

wr3ck3d · 03-04-2003, 10:41 PM

oh...so the patch is what can turn a 2.4.19 into a 2.4.20?? does it change any kernel into the patch number?? -thanks

doublefailure · 03-04-2003, 10:45 PM

patches like 2.4.19 2.4.20 patches 2.4.18->2.4.19 2.4.19->2.4.20 respectively.. if u have 2.4.20 yesterday, it's same 2.4.20 that they have on the site.. imo

there other patches like 2.4.20-ac2 which u want to patch over 2.4.20 to get some more functionality.

other than that u wouldn't need to patch it.