I usually use aptitude to search, install, and uninstall packages. For this example "aptitude search linux-image" returns:
v linux-image - v linux-image-2.6 - p linux-image-2.6-486 - Linux 2.6 for old PCs (meta-package) p linux-image-2.6-686 - Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package) p linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package) p linux-image-2.6-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) p linux-image-2.6-openvz-686 - Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package), OpenVZ support p linux-image-2.6-vserver-686 - Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package), Linux-VServer support p linux-image-2.6-vserver-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package), Linux-VServer support p linux-image-2.6-xen-686 - Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package), Xen dom0 support p linux-image-2.6.32-5-486 - Linux 2.6.32 for old PCs p linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 - Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs p linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6.32 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM p linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem p linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 - Linux 2.6.32 for 64-bit PCs p linux-image-2.6.32-5-openvz-686 - Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, OpenVZ support p linux-image-2.6.32-5-openvz-686-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-openvz-686 p linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-686 - Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, Linux-VServer support p linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6.32 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM, Linux-VServer support p linux-image-2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem p linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-686 - Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs, Xen dom0 support p linux-image-2.6.32-5-xen-686-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.32-5-xen-686 i linux-image-2.6.32-voyage - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.32-voyage p linux-image-2.6.33.7-rt29-voyage - Linux kernel binary image for version 2.6.33.7-rt29-voyage p linux-image-486 - Linux for old PCs (meta-package) p linux-image-686 - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package) p linux-image-686-bigmem - Linux for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package) p linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) p linux-image-openvz-686 - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), OpenVZ support p linux-image-vserver-686 - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), Linux-VServer support p linux-image-vserver-686-bigmem - Linux for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package), Linux-VServer support p linux-image-xen-686 - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package), Xen dom0 support You should choose the kernel that is most appropriate for your hardware. I find that there are other benefits to aptitude, but they fall outside the scope of this discussion. _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
