Re: FW: Kernel identification

[curtis <curtis@npc-usa.com>]

Let's go back to my original problem.

Here's my letter:

   I upgraded the kernels on all of computers per instructions, which
   are provided at the end of the message.
   This worked on all but one computer.
   I assumed that that computer was upgraded to 2.4, but I discovered
   recently that it is still on the 2.2 kernel.
   Doing an apt-get dist-upgrade produces no results now. The only
   image in the /boot / directory (which is were it should be, right?)
   is vmlinuz-2.2.17.
   Do I now have manually upgrade it? And if so, how?

   Curtis


   Procedures for upgrade:
   1. edit sources.list
   2. apt-get update
   3. apt-get install apt dpkg apt-utils
   4. apt-get dist-upgrade
   5. apt-get -f install

Now, since then I tried to download the kernel per instructions provided 
by dman:

apt-get install kernel-imgage-<version>

In this case, when I type apt-get install kernal-image-2.4.17-386 (the 
kernel version on my other computers), I get the following message:

   Package kernel-image-2.4.17-386 has no available version, but exists
   in the database.
   This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and
   never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents
   of sources.list
   E: Package kernel-image-2.4.17-386 has no installation candidate

Fine, so I typed apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.17 and for whatever 
reason it installed kernel-image-2.4.17-bf2.4.

So, how do I get the correct kernel-image?  Or what is the correct 
title? Perhpas 2.4.19-386?

Curtis

Osamu Aoki wrote:

> Hi
> On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:11:50PM -0500, dman wrote:
>
> > Will anyone help curtis?  I don't know about the 'bf' kernels.
>
> bf = boot floppy
>
> Special kernel flavor compiled for the initial system installation.
>
> It should be quite useful but may not have all the bells and whistle.
>
> Just install normal 2.4 kernel and configure modules to suits your
> system.
>
> Good luck.
>
> > ----- Forwarded message from curtis <curtis@npc-usa.com> -----
> > | From: curtis <curtis@npc-usa.com>
> > | 
> > | After updating the kernel on one of my computers, I see that I have the 
> > | following kernel image: vmlinuz-2.4.17-386
> > | I then tried to update the kernel on another computer. For whatever 
> > | reason it would not update automatically so I had to perform the 
> > | following operation:
> > | apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.17
> > | 
> > | Well, it install vmlinuz-2.4.17-bf2.4
> > | 
> > | I understand the 386 in the earlier kernel image install to refer to a 
> > | 386 processor. What does the bf2.4 mean and is this appropriate?



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