Test eseguito su server debian 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64
# uname -rnm
debian 2.6.32-5-amd64 x86_64
Editare il file /etc/apt/sources.list aggiungendo la seguente riga :
deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
Eseguire i seguenti comandi :
# apt-get update
# apt-cache search linux-image-3
linux-headers-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
linux-headers-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64 - Header files for Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64
linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64
linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 - Linux 3.2 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64
linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64 - Linux 3.2 for 64-bit PCs, PREEMPT_RT
Aggiornare il kernel :
apt-get -t squeeze-backports install linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 firmware-linux-free
Al termine dell'aggiornamento riavviare il server :
# reboot
Verificare l'installazione :
# uname -rnm
debian 3.2.0-0.bpo.2-amd64 x86_64