Richard Bos wrote:
Op dinsdag 6 januari 2004 21:49, schreef Trey Sizemore:
Thanks, Richard. I read somewhere about executing 'mk_initrd' before rebooting too (although I'm not sure what this does).
Is this true?
This is normally handled by the kernel (k_deflt, etc) rpm. Just follow the install process, and see if mk_initrd is performed. If not run mk_initrd manually.
The reason I ask is that I inadvertently did an apt-get dist-upgrade yesterday that included k_deflt (should have looked a little better) :-( There was no prompt to do the mk_initrd. I got a nice surprise when I tried a reboot later and got a kernel panic. I then remembered the apt-get dist-upgrade earlier and remembered I had entries in my sources.list that would have upgraded the kernel. I do want to update it, but the right way (so I can reboot ) ;-) Can anyone tell me if it's possible to update (relatively easily for a n00b) the kernel in a stock 9.0 install to the latest stable 2.4.x kernel (I think it's currently 2.4.24)? Thanks