What is the easiest way for me to update my 2.0.33 kernel to the 2.03.35 kernel? Also, where are some good sites that cover kernel updating (preferably dealing with suse)?
The easiest way to update the Kernel is to go to the following Website: <A HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/kpatch20.html"><A HREF="http://www.linuxhq.com/kpatch20.html</A">http://www.linuxhq.com/kpatch20.html</A</A>> You will then see a link towards the patch upgrade to 2.0.35! So, download this patch, copy it to the /usr/src/ directory. This site also contains information on how to apply the patch as well. At this point in time, I am assuming that you have a current copy of your linux source code in /usr/src/linux/ Since you are dealing with SuSE, I believe that there may a symbolic link to /usr/src/linux-2.0.33.SuSE/. If so, type the following: rm linux (IF IT IS A SYMBOLIC LINK) cp -r /usr/src/linux-2.0.33.SuSE/ /usr/src/linux (this copies the SuSE linux source code to the expected directory. With the patch in the /usr/src directory, type the following command: gzip -cd patch-2.0.35.gz | patch -p0 This will update all the files, and proceed with the following commands in the /usr/src/linux/ directory: make mrproper (cleans up stale files) make menuconfig (menu system where you can specify which options you want the kernel to load) make dep -- these three commands are done after saving the new kernel. make clean make zImage Then the tricky part is knowing where to place the new Kernel Image. The new kernel image is located in the following directory: /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/ with the filename: zImage If you are booting using loadin through WIN95 Boot Loader menu, copy the zImage file to the c:\loadlin\ directory. If you are using lilo, then copy it to the root directory (if using SuSE). Preferably, make a backup copy of the current kernel. In order to boot properly, regardless of which way you are booting, the file needs to be named: vmlinuz After this, hopefully your kernel is updated and everything should run smoothly If you are in need of anymore assistance, please let me know. Paul Brun --- Email: pbrun@geocities.com - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e