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Here 's how I managed:

 

1. I added this ftp-link to Software Media Manager:

 

Linux ftp

 

2. In a root-terminal I did "urpmi.update -a" and after that "urpmi kernel-2.6.3.1mdk"

3. after installation I edited my lilo.conf and did "lilo -v" (so now I can boot into both kernels).

 

 

:wall: The first prob I ran into was getting my onboard NIC to work, via this link I managed:

 

nV News Forums

 

:wall: My next prob was that my system would freeze on several occasions, but after installing udev, this seems to be overcome.

 

The only prob left is, everytime I boot it says something like: "loading eth 0, nvnet not found", so the first thing I have to do, after (re)boot is reinstall the forcedeth-driver and bring up network again. :oops:

 

/edit/ I edited my modprobe.conf file with "alias eth0 forcedeth", now it loads at boot (haven't checked if, when booting into kernel 2.4.22, nvnet will work, it's been enough for today). UPDATE No luck, but I guess I won't be needing kernel 2.4.22 anyway. :jester:

 

Everything else works fine untill now and pretty darn stable, only thing left is to get my sensors to work, but I already read something in this thread, so I think I will overcome that prob also!

 

/edit/ Haven't done anything with it, but I won't hold back this information I found:

 

Linux on the Abit NF7-S

 

Hardware Monitoring with LM-Sensors

 

/edit/ Got it working! :thumbs: With help from this page:

 

Migrating to Linux Kernel 2.6

 

Found this url in this thread!

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Tired of hearing about how fast and cool the new 2.6 kernel is but you don't know how to get it installed? Not sure what a kernel is but love speed?

 

This is for you.

 

It's that easy!

Thanks to Static for starting this subject.

 

I had been waiting for an easy explanation for upgrading and what could be easier than this!

 

I got a bit worried when I saw all the kernel options for download but settled for this:

 

kernel-2.6.3.4mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm 17780 KB 02-03-2004 12:11:00

 

Adding the repository source was done by finding the formula at www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi and replacing the ftp-path with the one Static gave, and follow the advice for the comand line.

 

Later I noticed I already had the Cooker included, but anyway.

 

Urpmi downloads a handfull of dependencies and in a few minutes you are done and can reboot.

 

The new kernel option was listed at the bottom, as 263-4 I believe. This curiosity is the price for the extremely fast and simple installation procedure.

 

Later I will have to edit LILO so te new kernel option sits at top and starts by default.

 

Now I will look for a simple guide to edit LILIO.

 

Is it something with an editor and then 'running' LILO?

 

Sure, my discounted 'Running Linux' says edit /etc/lilo.conf anf run /sbin/lilo

 

'Edit' means move the bottom set of LILO info, created by the above, up in front and give a meaningful label like you see on the others.

 

Will it work? - Stay tuned. Here we go.

 

Ups:

 

[root@giga he]# /sbin/lilo

Fatal: Image name, label, or alias contains a blank character: 'Kernel 2.6.3-4'

 

I can handle THAT :-)

 

[root@giga he]# nedit

 

(frantically tinkering on the keys)

 

[root@giga he]# /sbin/lilo

 

Added Kernel_2.6.3-4

Added linux *

Added linux-nonfb

Added failsafe

Added floppy

[root@giga he]#

 

looks good?

 

Ups, Not listed as no. 1. A closer look at Lilo.conf shows the first lines defines which kernel to select as default. This is easy: Insert the correct label name as default.

 

Lets ses how far we are.

 

Well this was just dandy. Everything is fine:

 

boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

default="Kernel_2.6.3-4"

keytable=/boot/dk-latin1.klt

prompt

nowarn

timeout=100

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-4mdk

label="Kernel_2.6.3-4"

root=/dev/hda1

read-only

optional

vga=788

append=" devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"

initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-4mdk.img

image=/boot/vmlinuz

label="linux"

root=/dev/hda1

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"

vga=788

read-only

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