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Custom Kernel Confusion --- What to do?



Title: Custom Kernel Confusion --- What to do?

Hi List members,

        I have just finished a custom kernel the debian way (I think, "make-kpkg", etc, "dpkg -i"). And now I want to get rid of the old kernel (references). And I am not sure if I should just delete them with out asking first some experienced debian users.

Under the following:

        /       [2 files]

                @vmlinuz points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19
                @vmlinuz.old points to /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21

        /boot [6 files]

                System.map-2.2.18pre21
                System.map-2.2.19
                config-2.2.18pre21
                config-2.2.19
                *vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21 [shows executible]
                vmlinuz-2.2.19

        /lib/modules [directories]

                /2.2.18pre21
                /2.2.19

After the system boots. It shows 2.2.19 as the kernel and the modules I want load. I can connect and it seems stable. Now I just want to clean things up before I move on. I think what's confusing me is the 2.2.18pre21 file being executible and the 2.2.19 file is not.

Any suggestions is appreciated. Thanks

Todd M. Costa
EDP II, LAN Manager

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