From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from guinness.internal.neep.com.au (p003.sw02.auto.usertools.net [202.154.81.3]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2200D4829 for ; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 06:45:21 -0700 (MST) Received: (from andrew@localhost) by guinness.internal.neep.com.au (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian/GNU) id VAA26958 for parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org; Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:44:59 +0800 Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 21:44:55 +0800 From: Andrew Shugg To: parisc Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] upgrading kernel Message-ID: <20030112214452.B25226@neep.com.au> References: <20030112073656.GB13397@piglet2> <20030112073506.GB1177@tausq.org> <20030112110219.GC13397@piglet2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20030112110219.GC13397@piglet2>; from plaven@bigpond.net.au on Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 10:02:19PM +1100 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Peter Lavender said: > Thanks... this outlines what to do with a custom kernel.. I was > thinking there might be a debian way... like with kernel-packages (I > just reading up about it now for my i386 based system). You can build your new kernel the Debian way with make-kpkg - the kernel-package system is available for the hppa architecture. I don't know if it works yet in all of Debian's architectures (ie knows how to configure all the boot loaders) but I think it knows about PALO so hppa should be fine. > The kernel on the 715/64 is from last year sometime ago... I can get > the kernel version with uname becuase it seg faults. You might be able to find out with 'file /vmlinux' ... or 'dmesg|head' or 'head /var/log/dmesg' ... Andrew. -- Andrew Shugg http://www.neep.com.au/ "Just remember, Mr Fawlty, there's always someone worse off than yourself." "Is there? Well I'd like to meet him. I could do with a good laugh."