Re: libc6 preventing kernel upgrade from 2.2

["Andrew Weaver" <andrewjweaver@gmail.com>]

I originally installed the "stable" distro because I didn't know any
better and I've since upgraded to "testing".  It's definately an x86;
it's a PII laptop.  I didn't realize I was using such an old kernel
until I tried to install the linuxant wifi driver and it told me.

On 5/17/06, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:07 -0500, Andrew Weaver wrote:
> > I'm trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 by running:
>
> Jeezus, man, how old is your system?
>
> By any chance, are you running a non-i386 system?
>
> [snip]
> >
> > How can I get around this?
>
> Kernel 2.2 is pretty darned ancient.  Why not just reinstall from
> scratch?
>
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Andrew Weaver