Howto upgrade kernel(2.6.22-9-generic) in Feisty Fawn

Posted by suvi under Kernel, Ubuntu

Currently Feisty Fawn users (7.04) using the generic kernel (which is
2.6.20-16-generic). This tutorial will explain howto upgrade you to
kernel version 2.6.22-9-generic(as of 31JUL07).

First you need to add the Gutsy repository (this is only temporary to pull the new kernel)

echo ‘deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ gutsy main restricted’ | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

Update the source list using the following command

sudo apt-get update

you need to install the new kernel using the following command

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-2.6.22-9-generic
linux-headers-2.6.22-9 linux-headers-2.6.22-9-generic
linux-image-2.6.22-9-generic linux-restricted-modules-2.6.22-9-generic
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22-9-generic

Now you should remove the Gutsy repository from your sources.list

sudo vi gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

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