Upgrading 2.6.3 -> 2.6.6

[skiflyer]

I tried to upgrade my kernel from 2.6.3 to 2.6.6, but I get a kernel panic... I have no idea why... It's an error that if I search for has a dozen explanations and solutions, several of which I tried and failed with.

But my question is, is there a way I can find out what my kernel configuration for the working 2.6.3 kernel is and just pass it on to the 2.6.6 kernel rather than going through the configuration program?

 

[zeland]

Under /boot, you should find some files named like config-2.6.5-1.358. This file is the config that was used to generate the kernel of the matching version. Just copy this file into your kernel source folder and rename it as .config


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[flugh]

Also you can do a 'make oldconfig'. Not sure if it's any different than just copying to .config, but maybe worth mentioning.

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JBR

 

[Leland123]

Hi skiflyer,

I have downloaded the Fedora Core 2 linux-2.6.5 source and build a custom kernel. After building the custom kernel, I was able to install the NVIDIA driver successfully. The NVIDIA driver really makes a difference for my NVIDIA gforce 4 MX440SE-T AGP video card. I can run the Tux Racer game at 20, 30, or 40 frames per second with the NVIDIA driver as opposed to 2, 3, or 4 frames per second without it.

Here are some link that might be of help to you.

http://www.fedoraforum.org/

http://home.gagme.com/greg/linux/fc2-tips.php

file:///usr/share/doc/HTML/index.html

http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp

http://www.kernel.org/

If your interested, I can tell you exactly how I was able to install and build the custom kernel.

Regards,

LelandJ

Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Software - Master (TM)

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