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Re: new kernel too big for lilo



On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:52:25AM +0900, Craig Hagerman wrote:
> Hamish said that there is rarely a need to compile your own kernel
> with Debian. I think I must have missed something. Is there a ways to
> do a simple 'apt-get install new_kernel'? I did a google search for
> something like 'debian kernel install', but all of the hits described
> compiling your own new kernel.

Yes, there's packages called linux-image-* (previously kernel-image-*)
which contain kernels including modules. With GRUB at least, installing
a new kernel package will also add them to the boot menu.


Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>



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