Upgrading Kernel

Simon Taplin simon.taplin at gmail.com
Wed Dec 29 16:08:24 UTC 2004


Oliver Grawert wrote:
> hi,
> Am Dienstag, den 21.12.2004, 12:30 +0200 schrieb Simon Taplin:
> 
>>I'm looking at upgrading my Kernel from the 386 one to the K7 (Athlon
>>Chip). Do I just download the kernel image and header files and then
>>install them? I know grub picks up the new kernel on my next reboot
>>but will the new kernel affect my x setup. I am guess I will have to
>>re-install the nvidia modules again.
> 
> use synaptic or apt for this, they care for dependent packages and your
> grub setup:
> sudo apt-get install linux-k7
> 
> ciao
> 	oli
> 

Dumd question but if I installed linux-k7, would I need to redo any of 
my X settings? That and would I need to re-install the Nvidia stuff?

Thanks
Simon

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