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On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 18:47:43 +0100, Maarten <gentoo@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> Hi list, |
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> I'm new to the list (and gentoo) but not to linux. |
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> I just started with gentoo, had to use the 2004.2 image since 2004.3 crashed |
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> at installtime on my machine (thinkpad 600X)... |
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> I used stage 2. Since then I succesfully installed a lot of apps like KDE and |
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> such, but my kernel is still a selfmade 2.4 one. Now I need to get my |
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> wireless cards working but I'd rather upgrade the kernel first for fear of |
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> doing things twice (or wrong) due to the changed pcmcia drivers. |
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> I think I correctly upgraded 2004.2 to 2004.3 but how do I check that to make |
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> sure? |
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Okay let's divide the questions shall we. There isn't really any |
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revision to gentoo. I think you have switched your profile am I right |
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? What you have is basically told the system with system package were |
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recommended and current. This isn't the right answer but is the simple |
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answer. The date tags are primarily used for the releng team and grp |
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packages. Profiles are an another thing on it's own but it tells the |
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system defaults in a nutshell. |
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> The machine did not do anything spectacular when I made that change, |
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> is that expected behaviour ? |
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If you were up to date with your local portage tree and recently |
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update your installation there is no reason to anything since you |
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already up to date. You only switched profile from what I can read. |
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> Now for the fullfillment of the transition to 2004.3 I need a kernel 2.6, right ? |
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Not really, AFAIK gentoo hasn't switched to 2.6 by default. If you |
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still need to you can run a 2.4 kernel without any problems except you |
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will miss some goodies. But, if you aren't confortable with 2.6 or |
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even a linux kernel you might want to stick with a 2.4 kernel. It just |
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works. |
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> Can someone point me to the docs that |
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> detail that step cause I could not find that very well. |
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Sure here ya go. It still has that fresh smell from the oven (It has |
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been updated recently) |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/migration-to-2.6.xml |
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May I suggest you go to www.gentoo.org and look at the left side of |
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the navbar to see a big category called Documentation. Check out the |
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user docs section it's pretty good. |
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> Or do I just somehow get the sources and start compiling ? |
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To keep up to date a gentoo installation : |
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emerge sync |
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emerge -uDav world |
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What it does is emerge sync update your local portage tree to have the |
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latest ebuilds and then you ask portage to check every package on the |
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system to see if there is something to update and ask you first if |
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everything okay. Might want to read the man pages of emerge. |
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> How do I make sure I retain my current kernel as a second boot option if the |
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> 2.6 kernel will not boot ? |
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What boot loader are you using ? Lilo or grub ? Here's my grub.conf |
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that you might find useful : |
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default 1 |
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timeout 5 |
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splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/ninja-girl.xpm.gz |
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title=Working Kernel |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz.working root=/dev/hda4 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 |
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initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-1024x768 |
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title=Test Kernel |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 |
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initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-1024x768 |
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title=Old Test Kernel |
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root (hd0,0) |
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kernel (hd0,0)/vmlinuz.old root=/dev/hda4 vga=0x317 video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr |
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initrd (hd0,0)/initrd-1024x768 |
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Hopes this will help you out |
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Jean-Francois |
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> Thanks in advance, |
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> Maarten |
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