21 Aug
2005
21 Aug
'05
2:56 p.m.
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005, cluzterix cluzterix wrote:
Hi Brian, I have knoppix 3.9 (kernel 2.6.11). I want to change it to the newer one (2.6.12-5). I have download kernel 2.6.12.5 file. Do I have to remove older kernel first and then do install as you tell me above?
Don't remove the older kernel, you can choose which kernel to load at boot time.
The 2.6 kernel drill is a bit simplified from the 2.4
make (config||menuconfig||xconfig||oldconfig) make install make modules_install
If you're using lilo, the above should be sufficient. If grub, then the command "update-grub" at this point should make your new kernel the default.
the README file in the kernel source tree is your friend.
Regards,
-Don