[SOLVED] Use ISO for kernel upgrade?

hobonix · 2009-02-19 01:21:04

Wondering if I can use the new ISO to upgrade my kernel, if so maybe a hint or two on how.

See, it's the wifi thing.

It's my only connection to the internet and my Atheros chipset wasn't supported by madwifi 4 weeks ago when I did my install (so I used ndiswrapper). It was however supported in development (I didn't know about madwifi-svn or anything-svn at the time). I'm hoping maybe I can use the new ISO to do the upgrade and maybe the madwifi on the ISO will also work and I can do all of this before internet withdrawals kick in. I do have Puppylinux on a usb and the wifi works with that, so if I desperately need a fix (a quick google search and... aaahhh) there is that.

If this won't work then what?

I just looked at the pacman man page and didn't see any way to download but not install a package (unless I missed it, if I did just say so, I'll look until I find it). All I can think of is find the drivers for my ethernet card (really surprised that wasn't supported out of the box) go to the library and hopefully get everything done before they close (I'm a noob, it takes me an hour to find my ass with both hands).

Last edited by hobonix (2009-02-19 02:57:48)

Ranguvar · 2009-02-19 01:56:14

You missed the download option (Or you could just wget / use a web browser to download from a mirror site.)

And yeah, that'd be the best choice, download the new kernel on another machine and copy it over. The installer isn't meant to do upgrades - Arch is rolling release only.

Does this help? It suggests that you do have it in your kernel, just try both ath_pci and ath5k modules. Note, I've never used madwifi or an Atheros chipset

Good luck!

fphillips · 2009-02-19 02:17:02

I'm not sure what your exact situation is. If you have Arch already installed on something that only has wireless, no wired, and needs the kernel upgraded to work, then try this:

1) mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /media/cd
2)pacman -U /media/cd/addons/core-pkgs/kernel26-<version>tar.gz

Otherwise, you can go to any internet connected computer and browse ftp.archlinux.org (or a mirror) and download the latest kernel to a USB drive and copy it over to the problem system. pacman -U to upgrade.

I just looked at the pacman man page and didn't see any way to download but not install a package

To download it on another Arch system first, and then copy it over? pacman -Syw kernel26.

Frank

hobonix · 2009-02-19 02:49:46

Thank you, pacman -Sw (emacs can do a lot but it doesn't always do those things well, woman is hard to read sometimes).

No, those modules didn't work, a google search showed a post from one of the madwifi's devs that he had just got my particular chipset to work a couple of days before so probably madwifi-svn will work now (hell, it might have worked at the time I just didn't know about it).

Thank you again (nice doggy).

Ranguvar · 2009-02-19 03:43:13

hobonix wrote:

Thank you, pacman -Sw (emacs can do a lot but it doesn't always do those things well, woman is hard to read sometimes)

1.) Unix design principles say do one thing and do it well! *bites emacs, then runs*
2.) Don't I know it.

hobonix wrote:

No, those modules didn't work, a google search showed a post from one of the madwifi's devs that he had just got my particular chipset to work a couple of days before so probably madwifi-svn will work now (hell, it might have worked at the time I just didn't know about it).

Oh, okay. Good luck

hobonix wrote:

Thank you again (nice doggy).

*eyes reproachfully* Wolf.

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#1 2009-02-19 01:21:04

[SOLVED] Use ISO for kernel upgrade?

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Re: [SOLVED] Use ISO for kernel upgrade?

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#4 2009-02-19 02:49:46

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