How To Upgrade Linux To The 2.6 Kernel

An anonymous reader writes "Here's a good computer project for the long labor-day weekend. KernelTrap has posted a howto detailing eight steps to upgrade your GNU/Linux OS from the 2.4 stable kernel to the 2.6.0-test development kernel. Complete with screen shots, the end result sounds to be well worth the effort." Since chances are most people will be upgrading anyway once 2.6 is deemed release-worthy, it's always worth learning the upgrade procedure well.

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WHy?

[Anonymous Coward]

BSD is better anyways.

I think Linus was too fast ...

[Krapangor]

when he decided to get out a new kernel version. While 2.6.0 has some improvements versus 2.4.22 there is still too much lacking in Linux. Many things should be changed and indeed Linus should have waited with issueing a new kernel until these things were done. Let me give you some examples.

1. The security system should be stronger integrated into the kernel. Yes there is PAM these days, but a real secure system will have authentification and verification added at kernel level to make it trust-worthy and tamper-proof. That's why the TCPA starts with the security chain at boot-up. Although they have different things than just security in mind.
2. Grid access. Given the exciting new development of grid computing, the access and aviability interfaces should be added to the kernel. This would make e.g. load balancing much easier. Threaded Apache would span child processes and threads automatically at other machines totally transparent for user and the program itself.
3. Given to above grid access all journaled file system should be made grid aware and supporting distributed storaging. You could try this with non-journaled FS, too, but you should soon hit the wall due to the lack of transaction.
4. More modular kernel design. While device drivers can be loaded at run-time, a fully modular kernel design is still missing. Yes, the micro-kernel is quite dead, but a decent modular design can be quite powerful as well-used system like Windows NT and successors show.

There are of course much more things to add to Linux, but I really can't list all of them here.

Nevertheless, I think that Linus should have waited a little more. You can't of course add everything at a kernel revision, but on the other hand Linux is no commercial system, so version numbers don't have spewed out at Nigara falls level.

You need a HowTo?

[BasharTeg]

You really need someone to redocument the 8 steps to upgrading your kernel? Kinda makes me appreciate FreeBSD even more.

cvsup -g -L 2 -h cvsupN.freebsd.org stable-supfile && cd /usr/src && make kernel KERNCONF=MYCONF && reboot

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Re:I'm having trouble!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's a nickel - get yourself a real OS, kid.

Re:Seems complicated

[Anonymous Coward]

No... this is because of the relative lack of maturity of the toy OS known as GNU/Linux.

Should you wish to use a mature operating system with a mature upgrade procedure you should immediately install Windows XP.

To upgrade one must...

[munchy]

To upgrade one must only have to double click or even single click on the install/setup or upgrade executable file or script. That is all that should be required. Why does one need a whole tutorial to do so?

Long Weekend? Detailed Notes?

[whjwhj]

I just upgraded my Mac to 10.2.6 by clicking "Check Now" in software update. Took about 20 minutes.

Have fun upgrading those Linux boxes! I'll be going to the Minnesota State Fair.