Re: What's the difference between kernel-image-2.2.14-ide and kernel-image-2.2.14?
> From: Shaul Karl <shaulk@israsrv.net.il>
> > > Subject: Re: What's the difference between kernel-image-2.2.14-ide and kernel-image-2.2.14?
> > > The descriptions of those packages in /var/lib/dpkg/available are identical.
> >
> > There are some IDE-related kernel patches; that -ide kernel apparently
> > has the patch applied.
> >
>
> Why then it is not mentioned in the description?
> Not everyone has time to follow the kernel devel closely enough in order to be aware to these patches.
Yes, it would have been nice to know about the bug and the patch before
I corrupted my disks three times (including the root partition once).
Daniel
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