Re: [gentoo-user] Kernel updates

[Digby Tarvin]

Thanks, but I am ok on configuring the kernels and then installing
them in /boot.

The thing which isn't clear to me is how I should get the 'linux-new_version'
directory installed on my system without downloading a whole new install
image and copying it across manually?

Is there a kernel release tarball downloadable somewhere? Or is there
some way to ask emerge to do this?

Regards,
DigbyT

On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 08:06:35PM +0100, Qian Qiao wrote:
> On 10/27/05, Digby Tarvin <digbyt@×××.org> wrote:
> > The portage system seems pretty effective in keeping the user level
> > code up to date on a gentoo system - but now that I have had my
> > system installed for 6-7 months it has occured to me that my
> > kernel is no longer current, and I havn't found anything in the
> > handbook suggesting how this should be approached.
> >
> > Is there a recommended procedure that someone can point me to?
>
> Updating the kernel? it's just like compiling a new one.
>
> # cd /usr/src
> # ln -sfn linux-new_version linux
> # cd linux
> # mount /boot
> # make menuconfig
> # make && make modules_install
> # make install
>
> Then make sure you re-emerge any kernel modues, e.g. alsa-driver or
> your graphic card driver.
>
> Finally, edit your boot loader's config files accordingly and reboot
> your system.
>
> One last thing tho, if there isn't any kernel bug that bothers you,
> and there isn't any new feature you are after in the new version, you
> don't have to upgrade your kernel.
>
> HTH.
>
> -- Joe
>
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