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The following instructions explain step by step how to use the available backported tools to install the newer kernel.
Because packages may need to be installed from woody, you should first check
that entries in your sources.list still refer to woody as
explained in Checking your sources
list, Section B.2.
with apt: to install the packages with apt or one of its
frontends, add the following line in your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/upgrade-kernel ./
# sources are also available if you need them
# deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/upgrade-kernel ./
Then install the packages module-init-tools,
modutils, palo, and initrd-tools:
# apt-get install module-init-tools palo initrd-tools modutils
(Afterwards you can safely drop the additional entry again.)
After that change your sources.list file to point to sarge as
described in Preparing sources
for APT, Section 4.4, update your packages lists and install the
kernel-image-2.6.8-2-64 package.
with dpkg: to install the packages directly with dpkg you
need to download the necessary files first.
The kernel package depends on module-init-tools (which conflicts
with the old modutils); initrd-tools depends on
cramfsprogs. All other dependencies (which are stat,
cpio and ash) can be satisfied with packages from
woody in the usual way.
If you use LVM, you should also install lvm2 before you
reboot as the 2.6 kernel does not directly support LVM1. To access LVM1
volumes, the compatibility layer of lvm2 (the dm-mod module) is
used. You can leave lvm10 installed; the init scripts will detect
which kernel is used and execute the appropriate version.
You should first verify that the new one boots and all hardware needed for the upgrade works (e.g. network adaptors).
You will probably have to adapt your boot loader configuration
/etc/palo.conf. Note that the kernel now uses an initrd while the
Debian kernels in woody did not.
If you currently use raidtools2, you should read Upgrading from raidtools2 to mdadm, Section
4.6.2 before you reboot.
Check especially input devices, display devices, devices needed to access the sarge packages (i.e. network adaptors, CD drives, etc). Some driver modules may have been renamed, some drivers which have been compiled into the old kernel might now be compiled as modules, ...
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Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (`sarge'), PA-RISC
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