On Thursday 13 May 2004 07:00 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote:
On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 19:48, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Friday 14 May 2004 01.48, Trey Sizemore wrote:
What do I need to do, prior to rebooting, after a new kernel install? As I'm using grub for a bootloader, would I just run 'mk_initrd'? The kernel is from kernel-of-the-day via an apt-get dist-upgrade.
A quick prayer might be in order :)
Yes, all you need to do is a mk_initrd, but remember that the kotd kernels are frequently broken. You'd do well to keep a) a rescue CD, and b) the older kernel rpm around (if you installed the kotd with an upgrade, the old kernel will now be gone)
After the reboot you will need to reinstall the nvidia driver, if you have such a card
Thanks Anders. Good to know. Is there a better source for recent kernels that's a little more stable?
Listen to Anders! He knows whereof he speaks. I didnt and I just spent three days trying to recover from the installation and recompile of one of those BAAAD kernels. My recovery consisted of putting a new hard drive in. Somehow my Reiser partitions got hosed and the only way to recover is to reformat. and I didnt back up my /home dir first! What a painful lesson, now if I could only learn from this! Hopefully I can recover a bit of the data. The sad thing is I went through several updates before I got the whammy! Wont be doing that again! And all I wanted is a kernel that will let me use my dma.. ra