I've been running 7.3pro since it came out and have had little to no problems. I noticed a new kernel was out and I'm thinking of upgrading. Should I? I've never compiled a kernel so I have no idea how to do it. Is it a pain? Can someone either give me an "idiot's guide to kernel upgrading" or a link that gives a step-by-step? Thanks, Tom
I've been running 7.3pro since it came out and have had little to no problems. I noticed a new kernel was out and I'm thinking of upgrading.
Should I?
Depends. I did it, but I have no desire to do it again. My reasoning was because I belived that the newest kernel available had better sound support for my SBLive card. I would recommend upgrading in the following situations: 1.) Something is not working correctly and the only way to fix it is to re- compile the kernel. 2.) You are incredibly curious, like a little pain, and have lots of free time. :) For a "newbie", it is kind of a nail-biting process. The nice thing is that you can set up LILO so you can always boot up your old kernel if the new one does not boot. A very nice safety net. Someone once posted a great kernel upgrade mini-howto on this list. You might want to search the archives. Good luck. Josh
I've never compiled a kernel so I have no idea how to do it. Is it a pain? Can someone either give me an "idiot's guide to kernel upgrading" or a link that gives a step-by-step?
Thanks, Tom
Tom Nielsen wrote:
I've been running 7.3pro since it came out and have had little to no problems. I noticed a new kernel was out and I'm thinking of upgrading.
Should I?
Ah, the choices of Linux. Isn't it great. You (obviously) don't have to, since it is already working fine. But, you can also probably assume the newer kernel has some issues fixed or fixed better. But it is your decision, not anyone elses (M$ free :-) ). IMO, I would (and I did) ;-) .
I've never compiled a kernel so I have no idea how to do it. Is it a pain? Can someone either give me an "idiot's guide to kernel upgrading" or a link that gives a step-by-step?
I've never compiled a kernel either (I will some day maybe, but I'm sure SuSE knows much more about it than I, so I have just done the following since 6.2: 1. download the kernel rpm 2. download any other files in the directory that might be needed (i.e. modules, lvm, reisers, jfs) 3. I install them from the directory I downloaded to with Yast (I can then tell if the particular rpm was already installed by the (o), meaning older is installed. This will install the files and accompanying support. 4. Run mk_initrd (as root). 5. Run lilo (as root) 6. Reboot. This has worked for me since I learned enough to do this (a lot from this list) I have updated 6.4 from 2.2.14 to 2.2.16 to 2.2.19 and 7.3 from 2.4.10.to 2.4.16. The nice thing is, if you don't like the results, you can put in the CD or DVD, go back to Yast, reinstall the original kernel, run mk_initrd and lilo, and you are back to where you were, and added to your learning. I like the win-win with these decisions. ;-) . HTH. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871
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