kernel^W linux upgrade via apt

[Paul Sladen]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Faycal Chraibi wrote:

Hi Faycal

> How does the kernel upgrade works through apt-get (aka apt-get install
> kernel-image-xxx).

DON'T USE kernel-image-xxx   (Debian archive)
   DO USE linux-image-xxx    (Ubuntu archive)

The 'kernel-image' packages are from the Debian archives, whereas
'linux-image' are the correct Ubuntu linux-kernels.

> Does it need any special modifications after the depackaging is done ?

No special modifications should be provided.  The grub boot-loader is
automatically updated.

> Does it take the old kernel's .config ?

These are pre-compiled kernels, you can find a copy of the configuration
that came with a package kernel in the following location:

  /boot/config-2.6.xx-x-xxx

If you find yourself re-compiling your own custom kernels, please say what
you are needing to add and hopefully it'll try to be put in the default
kernel to avoid the need to recompile.

Obviously the pre-compiled kernel will differ from your configuration if you
have previously compiled your own (custom) kernel.

	-Paul
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