Re: Kernel Version
Quoting Neil D. Roberts (koala@lander.es):
> Hello again from the kernel virgin man;
>
> I was wondering what the hell to install from all of this. I suppose
> that the docs would be the most important thing for me. But, do I need
> all of these ?
>
> kernel-doc-2.1.125 2.1.125-1 (675.6k)
> Linux kernel specific documentation.
>
> kernel-source-2.1.125 2.1.125-1 (12044.4k)
> Linux kernel source.
>
> kernel-source-2.2.1 2.2.1-1 (12915.9k)
> Linux kernel source.
>
> kernel-package 6.05 (120.2k)
> Debian Linux kernel package build scripts.
>
> In any case I have downloaded them. My goal is to install kernel
> 2.1.125-1, thats all :)
Assuming you're using slink, then you probably want 2.0.36 for a
quiet life. Don't use 2.1.x as they're development kernels.
You could move to 2.2.13 when you're happy with things.
The docs are included in the source, so you don't need the
-doc package. But you want the kernel-package to make it
much easier to compile kernals and make them into debian
packages.
Cheers,
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