after hearing all the brouhaha about the 2.6 kernel, i thought i'd try it out. but a simple `apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686` wants to remove packages i don't want it to:
homeruns:~# apt-get install kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686 Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: module-init-tools Suggested packages: kernel-doc-2.6.4 kernel-source-2.6.4 The following packages will be REMOVED: kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686 modutils The following NEW packages will be installed: kernel-image-2.6.4-1-686 module-init-tools 0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 2 to remove and 154 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/15.4MB of archives. After unpacking 19.8MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n why does it want to remove modutils and my CURRENT kernel image? the installer even tells me this is bad (so i haven't done it): Removing kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686 ... You are running a kernel (version 2.4.18-1-686) and attempting to remove the same version. This is a potentially disastrous action. Not only will /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-1-686 be removed, making it impossible to boot it, (you will have to take action to change your boot loader to boot a new kernel), it will also remove all modules under the directory /lib/modules/2.4.18-1-686. Just having a copy of the kernel image is not enough, you will have to replace the modules too. I repeat, this is very dangerous. If at all in doubt, answer no. If you know exactly what you are doing, and are prepared to hose your system, then answer Yes. Remove the running kernel image (not recommended) [No]? n how, then, should i go about installing the kernel image? sorry if this has been addressed already -- a quick poke through the list archives hasn't turned up anything useful. tia, </nori> -- .~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu /V\ http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/~nori/jnl/ // \\ @ maenad.net /( )\ www.maenad.net ^`~'^
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