Hi all,

I have a running out-of-the-box Slackware 10.0 installation. I would like to
install a newer kernel, but without having to compile it. I have Slackware
10.1 CDs, and kernel on them suits me fine.

Is it possible just to install some .tgz packages from 10.1 CD and get a new
kernel? And what would these packages be?

TIA
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Milan Babuskov
http://abrick.sourceforge.net

On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:10:54 +0100,
Milan Babuskov <milanb.ukloniovo@kms.co.yu> wrote:
>
> Is it possible just to install some .tgz packages from 10.1 CD and get a new
> kernel? And what would these packages be?

I think that would be the kernel-ide and kernel-modules packages. The
gcc version changed during 10.1 development so that might stop the 10.1
kernel packages working. (I don't know but it might be worth looking in
to.)

It would be a good idea to make sure you can boot your old kernel
through lilo, before installing the new packages, in case there is any
problem.


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Mark Hill

Mark Hill wrote:
>>Is it possible just to install some .tgz packages from 10.1 CD and get a new
>>kernel? And what would these packages be?
>
> I think that would be the kernel-ide and kernel-modules packages.

I figured that same. Hope it will work.

> gcc version changed during 10.1 development so that might stop the 10.1
> kernel packages working. (I don't know but it might be worth looking in
> to.)

I think it should work since glibc version is the same. But, one never knows
until he tries.

> It would be a good idea to make sure you can boot your old kernel
> through lilo, before installing the new packages, in case there is any
> problem.

I didn't think of this. I guess I'll have to make a test machine and try it
out first, before hacking into production system.

Thanx.

--
Milan Babuskov
http://abrick.sourceforge.net

Mark Hill wrote:
>>Is it possible just to install some .tgz packages from 10.1 CD and get a new
>>kernel? And what would these packages be?
>
> I think that would be the kernel-ide and kernel-modules packages. The
> gcc version changed during 10.1 development so that might stop the 10.1
> kernel packages working. (I don't know but it might be worth looking in
> to.)

So far, so good.

I installpkg-ed kernel-ide and kernel-modules packages. After that I just
re-run lilo and rebooted. Everything went fine, except few minor things:

- fm801 module is replaced by forte, so I had to reconfigure sound card
- nVidia drivers doesn't work anymore, I guess I'll have to install it.

This was all on test machine, I'll try the production system soon.

So, KUDOS to Slackware .tgz package system.

--
Milan Babuskov
http://abrick.sourceforge.net

Mark Hill wrote:
>>Is it possible just to install some .tgz packages from 10.1 CD and get a new
>>kernel? And what would these packages be?
>
> I think that would be the kernel-ide and kernel-modules packages. The
> gcc version changed during 10.1 development so that might stop the 10.1
> kernel packages working. (I don't know but it might be worth looking in
> to.)

Works like a charm.

Only problem I had is again with sound card. All the OSS cards are disabled by
default in /etc/hotplug/blacklist. When I run alsaconf it does not detect the
card... I'll address this issue in separate thread.

Luckily, I saved output of dmesg and lsmod before installing new kernel, so I
was able to see that 10.0 used i810_audio and AC97 modules, so I just removed
them from blacklist.

Thanx for the help.

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Milan Babuskov
http://njam.sourceforge.net