Re: kernel 2.4.27

["Casey T. Deccio" <casey@deccio.net>]

On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 18:07 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 17:17 -0500, lostson wrote:
> >  I am using debian testing and am itching to install kernel 2.4.27.
> 
> 2.4.32 is the latest.  2.4.27 is 19 months old.
> 
> > Will this pose any problems because im using the testing branch ??
> 
> Itching to install a 2.4 kernel???  It's been 5 years since I
> really itched to install a 2.4 kernel.  Why not a 2.6 kernel?
> Do you have antique non-x86 hardware?

Note that if one is searching for a Linux kernel using 'apt-cache
--names-only search kernel-image' (the old Linux kernel package naming
scheme), 2.4.27 is the highest 2.4 kernel version that will be listed.
Having not been on a mailing list at the time, this threw me off for a
while.

To search for new Linux kernels in the Debian repository, use 'apt-cache
--names-only search linux-image' instead.

Casey