[wellylug] new hard disk problems

Enkidu enkidu at cliffp.com
Sat Jun 12 16:32:14 NZST 2004


On Sat, 12 Jun 2004 14:22:23 +1200 (NZST), you wrote:

>
>
>On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Enkidu wrote:
>
>> >0. backup your system in case I'm wrong!!!
>> >1. su root
>> >2. apt-get kernel-source-2.6.x (where x is the version
>> >you have now).
>> >3. cd /usr/src && tar -xvjf
>> >kernel-source-2.6.x.tar.bz2
>> >4. cd kernel-source-2.6.x.tar.bz2 && cp
>> >/boot/config-2.6.x .config
>> >5. make menuconfig (then change the VIA device from m
>> >to y, exit and save configuration)
>> >6. If 5 doesn't work, do 'make oldconfig' and
>> >following that, edit the .config file manually to
>> >replace =m with =y.
>> >7. make-kpkg kernel_image
>> >8. cd .. # to /usr/src
>> >9. You should see a .deb package here.  Install using
>> >dpkg -i packagename.deb and follow the instructions.
>> >10. Reboot.  Tada!
>> >
>> You'd probably need the kernel headers too, unless you had them
>> already.
>
>The 'kernel headers' are part of the kernel source tarball.
>
Yeah, but they are not part of the "kernel-source", are they? There's
certainly a seperate headers package, although now I come to think
about it it may be pulled in by installing the kernel-source package.

Cheers,

Cliff




More information about the wellylug mailing list