RE: potato ugrade confusion
On 29-Aug-2000 André Wayand wrote:
> Hello,
> I am completely confused. The kernel image file on the potato CD is called
> linux-kernel-2.0.something mac. Isn't that supposed to be a 2.2 kernel? I
> installed the .deb file, everything went fine, however it put the kernel
> file vmlinuz2.0.something into my /boot directory. Doesn't that mean I'm
> using a 2.0 kernel, whereas I wanted the 2.2 kernel? The package also
> apparently installed a new directory into lib/modules/2.0.something, again,
> why not kernel version 2.2? Finally, when I do a uname -r I get kernel
> version 2.2. I'm completely confused. What do I have now? Or does the
> boot.bin file on my mac partition used to boot into linux contain the 2.2
> kernel? Any ideas? What I'm trying to do is get those modules working, but
> they all say they're compiled for an older version (2.0.something) rather
> than 2.2.... Any help appreciated.
there are lists specific to mac hardware, you will probably get better answers
on debian-powerpc or debian-m68k (depending on which you used).
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