Comments on: New Release : Linux Kernel 2.6.28

By: jon

jon — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:28:52 +0000

okay just use kernelcheck which is a package u can get online in .tar and .deb and it will install the newest stable kernel…

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:09:10 +0000

I added the jaunty repo (deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted) to my “Software Sources” then did ‘sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.28-4-generic’ Then I removed the jaunty repo and restarted. I’m now running the new kernel…so far so good.

By: James -ner

James -ner — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:26:49 +0000

Ext4 also has barriers enabled by default now to improve reliability too.

By: Hisan

Hisan — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:17:30 +0000

running “update-manager -d” is easier.

By: Fujiko Fujio

Fujiko Fujio — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:56:53 +0000

Sounds to risky, better try this on a virtualbox installation first. Thanks guys

By: Brian Morison

Brian Morison — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:31:29 +0000

I did what Robbie has explained, but looking at his reply with the sources there seems to be an error in the fact that both lines have restricted. One line should just be main. Once you add the sources you will find the new kernel is listed in Synaptic. I have since tarred up my home partition and converted it to ext4. It also is working what seems to be without issues so far. I did this by running mkfs.ext4 -j /dev/sdax from the intrepid live cd. Then I untarred the home back to the ext4 partition from the recovery root command line. I also had to change the fstab to reflect the home folder be mounted as ext4. Good luck

By: foxmulder881

foxmulder881 — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:31:42 +0000

I just upgraded to the latest 2.6.28-4 kernel on Intrepid via adding the Jaunty repos temporarily. It worked perfectly.

By: Robbie Coleman

Robbie Coleman — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:00:28 +0000

@Fujiko Fujio: i got this far…
You can add the jaunty sources to 3rd party Software Sources:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted
deb-src http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jaunty main restricted

By: Fujiko Fujio

Fujiko Fujio — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:46:08 +0000

Brian, could you post details on how you installed it on intrepid using jaunty repos?

By: Brian Morison

Brian Morison — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:00:23 +0000

You can install the new kernel very simply by adding the jaunty repositories in synaptic. I have no issues with doing it this way so far. If you get the kernel headers it will update libc6 too. I added the main and restricted Jaunty repositories temporarily in order to access the 2.6.28-4 kernel in synaptic. It would be nice if someone would come up with a tutorial for converting to ext4 and grub2.

By: Franek

Franek — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:32:30 +0000

> Ubuntu Geek please tell us howto install it in Ubuntu.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile

By: Fujiko Fujio

Fujiko Fujio — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:34:16 +0000

From what I’ve read on other sites you have to compile this to get it on intrepid, won’t be officially out until jaunty.

By: Ariel

Ariel — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 11:06:19 +0000

Ubuntu Geek please tell us howto install it in Ubuntu.