Newbie Preparing Dapper Flight 4 install.

[Chris]

Chris wrote:
> Brian Durant wrote:
>> Chris wrote:
>>> I tried installing Breezy on my Sony Vaio desktop. The install went well
>>> however, it froze after install on first boot.
>>> I did not give up tho - I installed Flight4 last night and it all works.
>>> Right down to the Intel HD sound card.
>>>
>>> I love it!  So, two questions.
>>>
>>> 1. Can DF4 be upgraded to the official release? If so, please point 
>>> to docs.
>>> 2. Had I stayed with Breezy, couldn't I have just booted DF4 LIVE and
>>> copied off that kernel to the Breezy install
>>> then boot and actually have Breezy working?
>>>
>>> Please folks - bare with me. I have made a huge jump by dumping my
>>> FreeBSD 6 install in favor of
>>> Ubu. So far, I have not regretted it yet and I plan on keeping UBU on my
>>> box.
>>>
>>> Next, it will be onto my lappy, then my wife's PC.
>>
>> Dapper Flight 4 is bleeding edge. There isn't anything newer, except 
>> for daily builds. Eventually, when Dapper goes official, you will be 
>> able update/upgrade, but as long as you run apt-get every week or so, 
>> you will always be keeping up as Dapper matures.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
> 
> Perfect - that works - however, I think (and could be wrong) that the 
> kernel in 5.10
> is not as new as with DF4 - if this is correct, this would explain why 
> the install of the latter worked
> instead of 5.10 - and that brings me to question 1, couldn't I just boot 
> the live ISO of DF4 and copy
> the kernel onto a 5.10 hard drive - thus giving me the workable kernel I 
> need?
> 

Can someone confirm for me on Question 2 please?

 >>> 2. Had I stayed with Breezy, couldn't I have
 >>> just booted DF4 LIVE and copied off that kernel to the Breezy install
 >>> to the Breezy install then boot and actually have Breezy working?

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Best regards,
Chris

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