dpkg installed kernel

[Mauro <mcepeda@ualberta.ca>]

Just wondering if I could benefit from those more experienced.
Concerning a kernel that I installed as:
    dpkg -i kernel_2.6.10-2.1127_powerpc.deb
I can't seem to remove it with    
dpkg --purge --force-remove-essential kernel-image-NNN
http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-kernel.en.html
or 
dpkg -P kernel-imageXXXX
http://newbiedoc.sourceforge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html

I get the feeling that if the kernel was not built with make-kpkg, it
was not as it was a .deb alien converted kernel, the above removal
methods do not work.  Is this correct?

So I've removed System.map-x.x.xx, config-x.x.xx, vmlinuz-x.x.xx and
vmlinuxXXX for the new kernel, as well as /lib/modules/alienKernelXXXX

So I imagine that I did not leave a trace of this kernel install.
Right?


What might confounds the matter is that the "rpm file is
2.6.10-1.1127_FC4.dwmw2.ppc.rpm" and alien converted it to "2.6.10-2"
but dpkg -i kernel_2.6.10-2.1127_powerpc.deb
creates 2.6.10-1 (not 2.6.10-2) files in /boot

So the kernel starts off as a 2.6.10-1 rpm file
then alien turns it into a 2.6.10-2 .deb
but then dpkg -i uses the original rpm name to create /boot files. 


I imagine that this confusion may have kept the kernel from working in
the first place.

Thanks for your time.