Non-PAE kernel in 12.10

[Tom H]

On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 22 November 2012 16:47, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I build kernels with the command below from upstream/pristine sources
>>> rather than Ubuntu ones but you should be able to use (or at least
>>> inspire yourself from) it:
>>>
>>> CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) DEBFULLNAME="Tom H"
>>> DEBEMAIL="tomh0665 at gmail.com" KDEB_PKGVERSION="3.7.0.0-9h" fakeroot
>>> make deb-pkg
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> I must admit, that sounds /very/ daunting and rather scary to me, but
> I will try it when time permits & see if I can wrap my head around it.
>
> TBH, at the moment, switching to Debian is more appealing... O_o
>
> (Although judging from Linux Mint Debian Edition on that machine, I
> would have to run the 486 kernel. :¬( )

You're welcome.

It's not that daunting. It's a bit of preparation, one make command,
and a more or less long wait. :)

Once D-7's released (in a few months?), it'll have the 3.2 kernel like
U-12.04, so you may as well apt-pin the 12.04 kernel and upgrade to
12.10, rather than re-install LMDE or Debian.

Should you really want/need to have a later kernel and not have to
compile it, you could download a Debian deb from [1]. The 486 flavor's
non-pae (and uni-processor).

1. http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux/