On Thursday 30 October 2008, Mark Bishop wrote: > I do not have it installed. The host computer is stable (etch) but > the target computer would be testing (lenny). But I downloaded the > linux kernel source Debian package and recompiled it. Why not install it anyway and then remove it? Unless you have not compiled it as a Debian package with the correct naming. > > 2) If you do, try deleting debian/control. > > > > The version/flavor used in the file kernel-versions must match the > > kernel you have installed (for amd64 currently 2.6.26-1-amd64). > > Is there a way to use a kernel that has been compiled but not > installed? Yes, there is, but I'd prefer not to do the quite long explanation needed for that if it can be avoided. And I'd still need to know exactly how you compiled your kernel: do you have a kernel-image package that follows the Debian naming convention, or did you just run make in the source tree? Cheers, FJP P.S. Please let us know if you're subscribed to the list so we can drop the CCs. No need to CC me on replies.
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