I sthere a how to For installing/Upgrading New Kernels?

Junior41180 · 09-14-2004, 01:16 AM

I'm running Mandrake 10.0

I want to upgrade from the 2.6.3-16MDK kernel to the 2.6.8.1kernel.

is there a HOWTO on how to upgrade a newb like myself can understand and follow, and do I have to update packages before I can upgrade to the 2.6.8.1 kernel?

Thanks.

Bruce Hill · 09-14-2004, 01:32 AM

Hi Junior!

Check out this thread ->
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...andrake+kernel

amosf · 09-14-2004, 04:42 AM

It's pretty easy with mandrake, tho you might want to disable automount which is a pain with mandrake anyway... No other real updates with mdk as it's set up for 2.6 kernel. the only thing might be k3b.

I'm running 2.6.9-rc1-bk16 at the moment with 2.6.9-rc2 just compiled - I'll boot that shortly... 2.6.8.1 is okay, but be aware that with kernels past 2.6.8 there are issues with k3b and dvd-rw tools that you either need to get the latest k3b from cvs, patch it yourself, or do a quick hack on the kernel code (remove a line) to burn cd's with k3b. 2.6.7 is more hassle free with k3b and such if you would rather wait till newer versions are released - or if you don't use them then it don't matter. But as I say, the kernel hack is trivial anyway... Just comment out line 168 in drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c should do it... Or take out lines 196&197... This risks toasting your cd writer, but the problem exists in 2.6.3 anyway... My advice for a newb tho would be 2.6.7 at the moment...

Compiling is easy. download the source tgz and put it in /usr/src. tar xfvz/j it there and cd to the directory. Make xconfig is the hard step to get all the options correct - just ask if you need some advice there. Need to be careful reading of all options. then it's just make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install. Copy the arch/i386/boot/bzImage to the /boot directory, edit lilo and add the new kernel and you should be fine. You always keep the current kernel to boot as a backup anyway, so you can't go too wrong...

The README in the kernel source covers it pretty well anyway... Of course I've been compiling a couple of kernels per week lately, so it seems easy - but it really isn't that hard once you do it a couple of times...

Junior41180 · 09-14-2004, 12:30 PM

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Originally posted by amosf
It's pretty easy with mandrake, tho you might want to disable automount which is a pain with mandrake anyway... No other real updates with mdk as it's set up for 2.6 kernel. the only thing might be k3b.

I'm running 2.6.9-rc1-bk16 at the moment with 2.6.9-rc2 just compiled - I'll boot that shortly... 2.6.8.1 is okay, but be aware that with kernels past 2.6.8 there are issues with k3b and dvd-rw tools that you either need to get the latest k3b from cvs, patch it yourself, or do a quick hack on the kernel code (remove a line) to burn cd's with k3b. 2.6.7 is more hassle free with k3b and such if you would rather wait till newer versions are released - or if you don't use them then it don't matter. But as I say, the kernel hack is trivial anyway... Just comment out line 168 in drivers/block/scsi_ioctl.c should do it... Or take out lines 196&197... This risks toasting your cd writer, but the problem exists in 2.6.3 anyway... My advice for a newb tho would be 2.6.7 at the moment...

Compiling is easy. download the source tgz and put it in /usr/src. tar xfvz/j it there and cd to the directory. Make xconfig is the hard step to get all the options correct - just ask if you need some advice there. Need to be careful reading of all options. then it's just make bzImage, make modules, make modules_install. Copy the arch/i386/boot/bzImage to the /boot directory, edit lilo and add the new kernel and you should be fine. You always keep the current kernel to boot as a backup anyway, so you can't go too wrong...

The README in the kernel source covers it pretty well anyway... Of course I've been compiling a couple of kernels per week lately, so it seems easy - but it really isn't that hard once you do it a couple of times...

Thanks.

I got it up and running, although with a few errors at boot (something about mounting file systems...etc...). I'm gonna go through and recompile with a few less options I know I don't need (Mostly module support I know I don't have need for). I used the old .config file from the 2.6.3-16MDK kernel. guess that wasn't a good idea?

thanks for the help.