Re: libc6 preventing kernel upgrade from 2.2
Wow...
Back to your question, though. What is "-f" masking? What happens
when you run plain old
# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686
On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 18:26 -0500, Andrew Weaver wrote:
> 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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