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In The Name Of God
Hello

I'll be Thankfull if guide me how i can upgrade kernel .
The distro is debian etch 4 ,how can i upgarde it's kernel from 2.6.18 to e.g 2.6.22 or later ?

regards dehqan

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Re: upgrading kernel ?

Submitted by Jake Reed on Thu, 2008-08-28 12:58.

I found a package for a 2.6.24 kernel for "etchnhalf", I'm guessing that is some sort of half upgraded system, though, and likely fairly complicated. From what I know, your best bet would be to upgrade to Debian Lenny (Testing). Would you be willing to do this?

If so, simply open /etc/apt/sources.list, change any instances of "etch" to "lenny" and run "apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade". That should get you a 2.6.25 kernel, if not it's a matter of 1 more apt-get.

Regardless, this would be a large (600-800MB)download, so it's up to you, but just short of necessary for the newer kernel. If you're willing to do it and need any help with those instructions, just say so.

EDIT: You could also manually recompile a new kernel from sources, but I'm not too sure how pleasant that would work out. I'd highly suggest an upgrade to lenny.

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Re: upgrading kernel ?

Submitted by a.dehqan on Fri, 2008-08-29 00:05.

In The name of God
hello

thanks alot for you'r attention .
Is There any way to have a newer kernel beside of etch .
I don't want to have testing debian lenny .

regards dehqan

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Re: upgrading kernel ?

Submitted by Jake Reed on Fri, 2008-08-29 01:02.

I don't know if you have any experience configuring and compiling a kernel, but there's always the option of getting your own.

Try downloading the latest kernel source from kernel.org and compiling it yourself.

Be sure to read The Debian Kernel Handbook, which can be found here.

Another very verbose and all-around good guide can be found here. It could make a decent reference.

A custom configuration is not necessary, but definitely helpful if you've experience in doing it.

Again, do not be afraid to ask for help here, and google is your friend with this sort of thing.

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