On Sun, 3 Oct 1999, Darxus wrote: : On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, peter karlsson wrote: : : > > you can use dselect and use "H" on the package. This will hold the package : > > and prevent "accidental" upgrading. : > : > Yeah, but that's not a very good solution, especially since I need to : > remember to do that manually each time I compile a new kernel. : > : > Plus that I have to go into dselect, which I don't like (the feeling seems : > mutual, as it does not like my selections either). : : I removed the kernel package long ago, and have been compiling custom : kernels w/ no interference from apt/dselect since.
kernel-package is the way to go. Name your revisions like <hostname>.<kernel-version>-<pkg-version>, and you'll not have problems (I haven't, anyway :) For my home machine, the revision is "chaos.2.2.9-1". I installed it with `dpkg -i ...' - no need for dselect. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)