On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 10:39, Adam Bower wrote:
On Mon, 27 May 2002, Ricardo Campos wrote:
I have decided to completely remove Windows from my machine and install Debian. (yay).
Problem: I need a 2.4.x kernel to support my hardware
Ok, I what I did in the past was to download the kernel-package and install, then grab the source and build my own special one on top.
As well as meeting dependencies, this route also means you have a stock kernel to fall back on if your custom kernel fails. Make-kpkg is this simple:
`cd /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.18; make-kpkg --config menu kernel-image; cd ..; dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18*Custom*.deb`
In my experience, it's OK to screw the current kernel's modules (say Y to the debconf question) as long as you reboot immediately. It sorts out LILO as well, although my LILO is fairly simple.
Make sure you compile APM into the kernel if you want poweroff on halt to work.
Ricardo, you mentioned you were looking at kernel-image-2.4.18-k7 (or sth like that anyway). This is for k7 architecture, not i386... excuse me for saying 'is it plugged in', but this might save you a Doh moment. I also can't remember whether 2.4 is available on the standard install CDs, although you could install from the network of course.
Alexis