fahd Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Hi folks ... I would like to know how to update the current ubuntu server kernel ver. to the new one. I just gave the following commands: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade A lot of things were updated except the kernel. Any clue. Thanks in advance. Fahd 100505 [moved from Everything Linux by spinynorman] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Normally nowadays in Debian/Ubuntu land it's: aptitude safe-upgrade or: aptitude full-upgrade What kernel are you running, and then maybe do: aptitude search linux-image if I remember that's the kernels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 I'm managing two Debian Squeeze (AKA testing) servers. I am always updating them via aptitude safe-upgrade, and the upgrade included the kernel (just the one of them, because the other is using a statically built customized kernel made by OVH). Squeeze is IMHO much better that Ubuntu Server because of its rolling nature- it's quite unlikely to break the system by just safe-upgrading. Actually the only thing that worried me was Squeeze going from old good grub to grub2, but fortunately enough grub-legacy is still in the repos, and it will stay there for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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