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I have not messed with kernels before now . I;d like to learn with this.

I am running xenialpup64-7.5 atm. Can you list the steps I need to take to change kernels to yours please. I guess there will be others that will want to follow along and change too so your time will not be wasted .

@April - The first post includes:
"Once downloaded, expand in an empty folder with tar -jxvf, & rename kernel-modules.sfs-5.4.170-64oz to zdrv ... (same as one to be replaced) & rename vmlinuz-5.4.170-64oz to vmlinuz & then substitute for originals."

For Xenialpup64, you will need the Ubuntu derivative kernel.

Hence you would download huge-5.4.170-ubun64oz.tar.bz2 , copy it to an empty folder, cd /(that folder)
then run tar -jxvf huge-5.4.170-ubun64oz.tar.bz2

When done, rename kernel-modules.sfs-5.4.170-64oz to zdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs
and rename vmlinuz-5.4.170-64oz to vmlinuz . Then copy the 2 new files over the originals, as below:

If you are running a frugal, without a save file/folder, mount the drive containing all the boot .sfs
files (adrv, fdrv, puppy, zdrv etc - possibly in a subfolder) and copy new file(s) over original one(s).

If you have a save file/folder, all the .sfs boot files will be in /mnt/home (possibly under a subfolder).

If you have a boot partition, mount it & copy vmlinuz over original there (possibly under a subfolder).

Unmount & upon reboot, new kernel will be running. (uname -r in a terminal will confirm this).

If you have a save file/folder & added any new drivers after original install, as these are kernel-specific
you will need to remove them & replace with versions for the new kernel.

Suggest you try this on a non mission-critical usb stick first. Use at own risk. Hope this helps.

(Also, you could try the change_kernels option in the first post of this subforum).