download linux kernel 2.6.33.2

[Liam Proven]

On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:33 PM, axel <uraliin.asti at btinternet.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2010-04-17 at 18:23 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 6:01 PM, axel <uraliin.asti at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> > Greetings !
>> >
>> > I am running Ubuntu 8.04 with BIOS 2.6 24-27-generic.
>> >
>> > Quite often , on Startup I get "Unable to obtain Operating System"....or
>> > words to that effect...and that is as far as it goes.
>> > I have to reboot and go thru the F12 ...harddisk ...etc.to get things
>> > going.
>> >
>> > So... I tried downloading LINUX KERNEL 2.6.33.2 ...which I managed to
>> > do ...up to the point of "save file".
>> >
>> > The problem is , that I have been unable to "Install".
>> >
>> > Would somebody be so kind as to point out how I can proceed ?
>> > With thanks
>> > Axel.
>>
>> I'm afraid it's a little more complicated than that, and the newer
>> kernel will not help you. Indeed it will probably break your PC if you
>> did manage to install it, so excuse me if I do not tell you how or
>> point you at web pages about it!
>>
>> Do you update your system regularly? It is a good idea to do so. You
>> are on the current Long Term Support release of Ubuntu - the next one,
>> which replaces your current one, is currently in the final stages of
>> testing and will be out at the end of this month. If you want the
>> latest kernel and so on, when the new version, called 10.04, is
>> available, you should upgrade to it. Backup all your data first,
>> though!
>>
>> For now, though, you can update your system with the latest fixes and
>> so on by opening a terminal (from the Accessories menu, or press
>> Ctrl-Alt-T) then type these 2 commands:
>>
>> sudo apt-get update
>>
>> (wait for that to finish; it may take some minutes.)
>>
>> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
>>
>> (again, this might take quite a long time. Wait for it to finish and
>> do not interrupt it once it has started.)
>
> Thank you for the info!
> I did follow your suggestion and got the following:
>
> < axel at axel-laptop:~$ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -y
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Calculating upgrade... Done
> 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> axel at axel-laptop:~$ >
>
> Do you think this will cure....for the time being .... the problem I
> have ...i.e problem with accessing Ops System ?
> Thank you .
> Axel.

OK, well, that message indicates that your system is up-to-date, so
you must have been applying updates to it as you go along. That's
good.

So nothing has changed, in which case, no, I don't think it will have
helped, I'm afraid.

Can you write down & post the /exact, verbatim/ error message(s) you
are getting when your machine won't boot?

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