upgrading kernels [was: Re: Waking up a Pismo PowerBook?]


Subject: upgrading kernels [was: Re: Waking up a Pismo PowerBook?]
From: Scott Frankel (leknarf@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Jul 30 2001 - 19:54:03 MDT


What's the best way to upgrade a kernel without hoarking the rest
of my Linux partition(s)?

The only install I've done so far required a complete disk reformat.
I'd like to wait a while before I do that again ;)

Thanks!
Scott

Ted Goranson wrote:

> >On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Bruce Thompson wrote:
> >
> >> Haven't heard anything yet. Unfortunately. I still haven't tried
> >> sleeping from a text console yet, so perhaps....
> >
> > It's got nothing to to with text/non-text. It's got nothing to
> > do with YDL or Terrasoft. It's a kernel/pmud issue. I heard a
> > rumor that Ben H. has been working toward getting sleep to work
> > on the Pismo. You'll have to contact him.
> >
> > - Paul
>
> You need the 2.4.4 kernel. The one on the CD fixes the sleep problem
> on a Pismo but introduces a sound problem. A more recent version on
> the Terrasoft site fixes that as well.
>
> Best, Ted
>
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