Re: Kernel 2.4.20

[Nick Hastings <hastings@bmail.kek.jp>]

Hi,

   please start a new thread when asking a new question (ie don't
reply to a previous email).

* Abrasive <abrasive@houston.rr.com> [030629 15:21]:
> Hi all.  I downloaded the file: kernel-source-2.4.20_2.4.20-8_all.deb
> then ran dpkg -i kernel-source-2.4.20_2.4.20-8_all.deb
> 
> Ran dselect, and selected the new kernel and told it to configure and install.
> However, I'm still loading the kernel 2.2.x
> 
> Did I skip a step, or did I miss something entirely?

You installed the source code not the kernel image. So you either need
to compile the kernel[1] or install a precompiled kernel image[2].

Nick.


[1] apt-get install kernel-package, then read the docs in
/usr/share/doc/kernel-package.

[2] apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.20-xxx


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