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On Thursday 27 October 2005 14:25, Digby Tarvin wrote: |
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> Thanks, but I am ok on configuring the kernels and then installing |
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> them in /boot. |
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> |
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> The thing which isn't clear to me is how I should get the |
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> 'linux-new_version' directory installed on my system without downloading a |
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> whole new install image and copying it across manually? |
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> Is there a kernel release tarball downloadable somewhere? Or is there |
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> some way to ask emerge to do this? |
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for example, i installed with emerge vanilla-sources. when a new version is |
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available, emerge vanilla-sources creates a new directory under /usr/src and |
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puts it there. |
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> |
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> Regards, |
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> DigbyT |
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> |
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> On Thu, Oct 27, 2005 at 08:06:35PM +0100, Qian Qiao wrote: |
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> > On 10/27/05, Digby Tarvin <digbyt@×××.org> wrote: |
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> > > The portage system seems pretty effective in keeping the user level |
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> > > code up to date on a gentoo system - but now that I have had my |
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> > > system installed for 6-7 months it has occured to me that my |
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> > > kernel is no longer current, and I havn't found anything in the |
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> > > handbook suggesting how this should be approached. |
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> > > |
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> > > Is there a recommended procedure that someone can point me to? |
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> > |
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> > Updating the kernel? it's just like compiling a new one. |
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> > |
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> > # cd /usr/src |
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> > # ln -sfn linux-new_version linux |
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> > # cd linux |
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> > # mount /boot |
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> > # make menuconfig |
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> > # make && make modules_install |
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> > # make install |
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> > |
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> > Then make sure you re-emerge any kernel modues, e.g. alsa-driver or |
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> > your graphic card driver. |
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> > |
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> > Finally, edit your boot loader's config files accordingly and reboot |
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> > your system. |
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> > |
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> > One last thing tho, if there isn't any kernel bug that bothers you, |
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> > and there isn't any new feature you are after in the new version, you |
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> > don't have to upgrade your kernel. |
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> > |
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> > HTH. |
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> > |
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> > -- Joe |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > There are 3 kinds of people in the world: |
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> > Those who can count, and those who can't. |
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> > |
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> > Money can't buy everything. |
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> > Sometimes money can't even buy a gun... |
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> > |
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> > -- |
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> > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list |
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> |
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> -- |
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> Digby R. S. Tarvin |
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> digbyt@××××××.com http://www.digbyt.com |
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