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Superseded.

If you still want to try it (with old puppies only), it is in Kernel archive:
https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linux_Huge-Kernels

Thanks @ozsouth Like 5.15.50 before it, it runs perfectly on my Bay Trail desktops that will not run under the 5.16 or newer kernels. Checked in LxPupSc64 22.02 +2, Voidpup64 22.02 +8, and a couple of variations on fossapup64 9.5. I still have two of the desktop beasts, one used by a farm friend and one in my basement to maintain the other

Support, thanks for sharing, updated version

ozsouth wrote: ↑Thu Aug 04, 2022 10:22 am

Once downloaded, expand in an empty folder with tar -jxvf, & rename kernel-modules.sfs-5.15.59-64oz to zdrv ...
(same as one to be replaced) & rename vmlinuz-5.15.59-64oz to vmlinuz & then substitute for originals.

Ubuntu Derivative Kernel here: https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... oz.tar.bz2

Kernel Sources here: https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... 9-64oz.sfs
Kernel Headers here: https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Linu ... x86_64.sfs

fdrv here: https://archive.org/download/Puppy_Lin ... an2021.sfs

I wanted to change the kernel in XenialPup64. I downloaded ubuntu derivative kernel. What do I do with fdrv?, do I replace it with zdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs by renaming it to zdrv....? or just add to the same folder as where vmlinuz goes to (name needs to change?) Do I need to load the header and source files before booting into the new kernel?

thanks,

@gychang the original xenialpup64 zdrv contains the firmware that we now have as an fdrv, so as per first post instructions, the new 'kernel modules.sfs ...'
file contained within the .bz2 file posted is to be renamed to become the new zdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs. Then fdrv must now be a separate file, & you rename the downloaded one as fdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs and place it in the same folder as the other .sfs (i.e. puppy_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs , zdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs). The 'vmlinuz ...' from with in the .bz2 file then replaces the old one in your boot folder (renamed to just be vmlinuz). Then when you reboot, all the .sfs system files will load & merge to start puppy.
I tested xenialpup64_7.5 with the new kernel on my 6yo i3 laptop - works fine.

ozsouth wrote: ↑Mon Aug 15, 2022 12:52 am

@gychang the original xenialpup64 zdrv contains the firmware that we now have as an fdrv, so as per first post instructions, the new 'kernel modules.sfs ...'
file contained within the .bz2 file posted is to be renamed to become the new zdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs. Then fdrv must now be a separate file, & you rename the downloaded one as fdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs and place it in the same folder as the other .sfs (i.e. puppy_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs , zdrv_xenialpup64_7.5.sfs). The 'vmlinuz ...' from with in the .bz2 file then replaces the old one in your boot folder (renamed to just be vmlinuz). Then when you reboot, all the .sfs system files will load & merge to start puppy.
I tested xenialpup64_7.5 with the new kernel on my 6yo i3 laptop - works fine.

thanks for the detailed instructions, it worked!