Installing 2.6-2.65 Kernel

Krischan yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
Fri Jun 11 03:43:11 2004


On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 16:44:17 -0400 (EDT)
"Jason Warm" <jwarm@miasys.com> wrote:

> I downloaded this kernel from ppckernel.org.  If ya'all don't mind I
> could use the following questions answered.
> 
> 1.  Does this kernel have native support to create a VPN connection
> (outbound to a PPTP server)?
> 
> 2.  If it does, do I need any additional modules to setup said
> connection?
> 
> 3.  How do I setup the connection, simply go into network config?
> 
> 4.  How do I install this kernel going from 2.4.22-2g, do I simply
> place it in the boot directory and I'm done?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason

Hi Jason,

to 4.: Copy the kernel image to /boot and the modules-directory to
/lib/modules/ . Then you need to edit/etc/yaboot.conf and run ybin as
root. Make sure you have the new modprobe utilities downloaded and
compiled!

good luck

Krischan