Re: Subject: [SLUG] Potato -> Woody Kernel update problems?

[Steve Downing <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Put the kernel package on hold, probably wise to do along with all 
the other thing's you've been locally building.

See this post:
http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2000/October/msg01029.html

I don't know about non-existant modules causing a hang, but read-
up on debian's way of maintaining modules.conf - "man update-modules" 
- before you reboot into the new kernel.


>Ok, thought I'd better start a new thread since this is no longer about
>Ximian packages...
>
>When upgrading from Potato to Woody/Sid, how does apt/dpkg deal 
with the
>kernel?
>
>I know it's 2.4.x there but what happens to any kernel changes you've
>made?  Will they be lost or can the kernel be updated later?
>
>I ask because I have had a lot of problems with trying to compile
>kernels and having non-existent modules hang my system on reboot 
forcing
>me to reinstall (though I think I can avoid doing that now).
>
>I also have a winmodem that works when you can compile the module but I
>am forever having problems with mismatched header errors.
>
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