I have just upgraded my machine from stable to sarge (I specified sarge in my sources so I stick with it when it becomes stable). Apart from the fact that Gnome is broken, things have gone quite smoothly so far.
I would like to use a more recent kernel. I looked at the kernel
packages, and there are zillions of them! I suppose it's a good way of
handling all the variety of targets for binary kernels, but it's a bit
of a shock when compared to all the other packages.
Anyway, I decided to go with kernel-image-2.4.21-4-686. I have a
single CPU PIII, so this kernel seemed like a good fit for me. I did an
apt-get -d install (-d to download only) and apt decided to download
kernel-image-2.4.21-4-686-smp too. I don't understand this. The smp
kermal was not listed as a dependency for the non smp kernel.
So, would some kind soul please tell me:
o If the kernel I'm trying to install is a reasonable one to go for?
o Why I got the bonus SMP kernel?
o Will the bonus SMP kernel be installed too?
o If apt-get install will Do The Right Thing to make the non-SMP kernel
bootable?
Many thanks,
Bruce
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Bruce Badger
OpenSkills.com
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