kernel update from 2.4.26 to 2.6
On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 06:04:38AM +0800, Jon Miller wrote:
> I need to do a kernel update on our Debian server from 2.4.26 to 2.6.11 o=
r better. When I did a apt-cache search kernel-image 2 of the images I got=
was:
> kernel-image-2.6-686 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on PPro/Celeron=
/PII/PIII/P4.
> kernel-image-2.6-686-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on PPro/Cel=
eron/PII/PIII/P4 SMP.
> The server has a P4 in it, from what I remember there is a feature in th=
e BIOS that can turn on or off the Hyperthreading and with it on it's possi=
ble (correct me if I'm wrong here) to run the system with the kernel-image=
-2.6-686-smp image.
> 1) is this correct
> 2) are there really any benefits to running this as a gateway server? or =
should I just stay with the kernel-image-2.6-686?
Note that the kernel packages have now been renamed to
`linux-image-<ver>'
$ apt-cache search linux-image
[snip]
linux-image-2.6.15-1-486 - Linux kernel 2.6.15 image on 486-class machines
linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 - Linux kernel 2.6.15 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PI=
II/P4 machines
linux-image-2.6.15-1-686-smp - Linux kernel 2.6.15 image on PPro/Celeron/PI=
I/PIII/P4 SMP machines
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7 - Linux kernel 2.6.15 image on AMD K7 machines
linux-image-2.6.15-1-k7-smp - Linux kernel 2.6.15 image on AMD K7 SMP machi=
nes
[snip]
HTH.
Kumar
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Kumar Appaiah,
462, Jamuna Hostel,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
Chennai - 600 036
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When I do a apt-get update and then a apt-cache search kernel-image I only get the following for the 2.6 images.
kernel-image-2.6-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on 386.
kernel-image-2.6-686 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4.
kernel-image-2.6-686-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 SMP.
kernel-image-2.6-amd64-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on generic x86_64 systems
notice they do not have the version number. If there is a source where I can get the correct version I would appreciate the source list to use.
Thanks
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