[ubuntu-in] How do I update the kernel using the terminal?

[Ninad Pundalik]

Onkar said:

>I want to be able to update ONLY the linux kernel

mallikarjun said:

>Y dont you compile the source found in kernel.org?

If you wish to compile your own kernel, i suggest first installing the
'linux-source' metapackage with apt-get and then compiling the kernel
from that source, instead of the vanilla kernel from kernel.org.  The
source will be in /usr/src/.  Every distro patches the kernels from
kernel.org to suit their distro.  So, these kernels will give you
better compatibility.  And yeah, the earlier instructions of
restarting and editing /boot/grub/menu.lst will be necessary.

With this, the latest kernel that you will get in the Ubuntu (hardy)
repos is 2.6.24.19

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