proper way for kernelupdate??

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MatzeG · Post by **MatzeG** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:32 pm

I'm currently using gentoo-dev-sources-2.6.7-r11.
What are the proper steps to update to 2.6.8?
Do i just have to emerge the new kernel, compile it, copy it to /boot, change the grub.conf, and everything will be fine?
I'm loading Alsa as module, and lm_sensors for grkellm2.

Do I have to reconfigure/recompile them or how does that work?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,

Mat

Maedhros · Post by **Maedhros** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 4:37 pm

You can copy your old .config file into the new kernel sources, and then run make menuconfig. You can then see if there are any new options you want, and then compile, copy et cetera. That way you won't have to go hunting around for all your old settings, which should save some time and frustration.

Post by **pjp** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 5:00 pm

Moved from Installing Gentoo.

ett_gramse_nap · Post by **ett_gramse_nap** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 6:22 pm

Then what about make oldconfig?

drescherjm · Post by **drescherjm** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 4:33 am

Thanks. I did not know you could do that...

MatzeG · Post by **MatzeG** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 8:20 am

Thanks for your help:

So the kernel modules will get installed with make modules_install
and should be working fine after a reboot?

Mat