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install 21.10 & then upgrade to Kernel 5.16 without going online

cn flag

My wifi card only works with 5.16

If I install Ubuntu 21.10 I will not be able to get online until I upgrade the kernel to 5.16 (ethernet is not an option)

What is the simplest way to accomplish this?

If there was a way to get a liveISO with 5.16 that would be perfect obviously, but Im not sure thats an option.

us flag
Can you use USB tethering from your mobile phone?
RiquezJP avatar
cn flag
Great idea! I never knew that was a thing. It IS an option on my Android phone. I will check it out :-)
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us flag

Connect your phone via USB tethering, and install the kernels using the mainline tool.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cappelikan/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mainline

mainline Image Source: README of the project

Then choose the kernel 5.16 and install it.


Alternatively, you can download the kernels and save them in an USB drive.

wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.16.2/amd64/linux-headers-5.16.2-051602-generic_5.16.2-051602.202201200936_amd64.deb

wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.16.2/amd64/linux-headers-5.16.2-051602_5.16.2-051602.202201200936_all.deb

wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.16.2/amd64/linux-modules-5.16.2-051602-generic_5.16.2-051602.202201200936_amd64.deb

Then connect the USB drive to the newly installed Ubuntu 21.10, and open a terminal in the directory containing the .deb files, and run the command

sudo dpkg -i *.deb
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Thank you for taking the time to explain that so clearly.
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