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Which kernel is good for my Powerbook G3?



I have installed Debian Woody on my powerfull PowerBook G3 266 Mhz (the black model without USB ports, I think its called WallStreet) I was doing a distro-upgrade with apt-get when the process signalised that I have to upgrade also the kernel (I have the version 2.4).

The command :
apt-cache search kernel
give me the following result:
kernel-image-2.6-power3 - linux 2.6 image on power3 - transition package
kernel-image-2.6-power3-smp - linux 2.6 image on power3 - transition package
kernel-image-2.6-power4 - linux 2.6 image on power4/G5 - transition package
kernel-image-2.6-power4-smp - linux 2.6 image on SMP power4/G5 - transition package
kernel-image-2.6-powerpc - Linux 2.6 image on powerpc-class - transition package
kernel-image-2.6-powerpc-smp - Linux 2.6 image on powerpc-smp-class - transition package
kernel-image-power3 - linux image on power3 - transition package
kernel-image-power3-smp - linux image on power3 - transition package
kernel-image-power4 - linux image on power4/G5 - transition package
kernel-image-power4-smp - linux image on power4/G5 - transition package
kernel-image-powerpc - Linux image on powerpc-class - transition package
kernel-image-powerpc-smp - Linux image on powerpc-smp-class - transition package

Which is the good one for me?
No one can give me some hints on the process of kernel upgrade?  How does it work?
Upgrade the kernel with apt-get (?)
Reboot on woody
Apt-get distro-upgrade.
It looks like to simple…will I be able to reboot after the kernel installation (I use BootX)?.


Thanks

Paolo
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