Lo, on Thursday, April 19, Ethan Benson did write: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 04:42:26PM -0700, Eric Richardson wrote: > > > apt-get update > > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > > apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.19 > > > > If I do the last step, will my current kernel be left in place and be > > bootable if I have problems with the upgrade? > > yes, debian kernel versions are in seperate packages, thats why they > are not upgraded automatically by apt. when you install > kernel-image-2.2.19 (assuming there is no other 2.2.19 package/kernel > installed) it will not touch any other kernel versions/ packages.
<snip> Ok, then how about this: Some time ago, before the official Debian kernel-image-2.2.19 was available, I downloaded the 2.2.19 source from kernel.org and built my own kernel-image package the Debian way. Everything's been fine. What will happen if I do an `apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.19'? Will it overwrite my current (running!) 2.2.19 kernel install? Do I need to uninstall my 2.2.19 custom build and go back to my 2.2.18 custom build before I upgrade? Or do I just need to reboot under the old kernel, then do the upgrade? Thanks, Richard
