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Nnyan

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Registered: 2006-01-09

Posts: 22

upgrade the Kernel

Ok,

Total noob here, I've read through various docs about how to upgrade the kernal and they leave me with a headache.

If all I wanted to do was to update to the latest kernel what is the easiest way of doing this?  Can someone provide a step by step?

Thank you

phrakture

Arch Overlord

From: behind you

Registered: 2003-10-29

Posts: 7,879

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Re: upgrade the Kernel

What kernel are you running now?
If you run "pacman -S kernel26" it will spit out a long message about what to do.

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Dusty

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From: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Registered: 2004-01-18

Posts: 5,986

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Re: upgrade the Kernel

The easiest way is to run pacman -Syu. This upgrades everything on your computer *including* the kernel26 package. :-) If you use grub, that's it. If you use lilo, you should run the 'lilo' command afterwards.

if you only want to upgrade one package, you can use pacman -S kernel26.

If you are upgrading from a wombat install, rather than noodle, you will have to make sure the new initrd is in your lilo or grub configuration as described here:

http://www.archlinux.org/news.php#191

If you installed from Noodle (0.7.1), however, I believe that line should already be there.

Dusty

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tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: upgrade the Kernel

Well, you can get kernel 2.6.15 with one step -

pacman -Sy kernel26

If you want to be more up-to-date than that, I'd recommend this wiki page, but make sure you're familar with the ABS first.

Nnyan

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Registered: 2006-01-09

Posts: 22

Re: upgrade the Kernel

Wow, thanks for the prompt posts everyone!  I do have to say that I've posted on a few of the "better known" boards and this forum is by far the best (very prompt and noob friendly).

Thank you for making a noob feel welcome!

elasticdog

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2005-05-02

Posts: 995

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Re: upgrade the Kernel

Is there a reason why <code>pacman -Syu</code> now prompts:

:: Replace kernel26 with kernel26archck from "community"? [Y/n]

...every time you run it?  Is there an easy way to stop it?

Snowman

Developer/Forum Fellow

From: Montreal, Canada

Registered: 2004-08-20

Posts: 5,212

Re: upgrade the Kernel

You'll probably need to wait until the new kernelarchck hit your mirror. Unless it's still not fixed. :?

ozar

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From: USA

Registered: 2005-02-18

Posts: 1,686

Re: upgrade the Kernel

Is there a reason why <code>pacman -Syu</code> now prompts:

:: Replace kernel26 with kernel26archck from "community"? [Y/n]

...every time you run it?  Is there an easy way to stop it?

I was getting that yesterday, but not today.

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tomk

Forum Fellow

From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: upgrade the Kernel

Please have a look at the archck2 thread in Announcements for full details - the replace thing was an error, and has now been fixed.

iphitus

Forum Fellow

From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: upgrade the Kernel

You'll probably need to wait until the new kernelarchck hit your mirror. Unless it's still not fixed. :?

I fixed it a day ago..... but mirrors are slow.

elasticdog

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From: Washington, USA

Registered: 2005-05-02

Posts: 995

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Re: upgrade the Kernel

Ahh...thanks, it's gone now for me too.