Re: kernel update

[David Z Maze <dmaze@debian.org>]

Paul Morgan <paulswm@earthlink.net> writes:

> On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 03:56:13 +0100, knoppix wrote:
>
> Kernels work differently than other debian packages.  Each kernel revision
> is a *different* package.  So, do:
>
> apt-get update
> apt-cache search kernel-image
> apt-get install kernel-image-whatever

Or even, 'aptitude', then within that, 'l kernel-image', pick one,
'+', 'g', 'g'.

> Also, old kernels are never removed.  To see what kernels you have
> hanging around, ls /boot
>
> To remove an old kernel (it won't silently remove your current kernel):
>
> dpkg --purge --force-remove-essential kernel-image-whatever

Whoa, you passed a --force option to dpkg.  You probably never ever
want to do that.  'dpkg --purge kernel-image-2.4.18' should work fine
(kernel packages generally aren't tagged essential).  Or you can use
'-' in  aptitude to remove kernel image packages, just like anything
else.

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