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Kernel 2.6.17



On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 05:51:28PM +0100, Nigel Henry wrote:
> I have a question though. I have a 2.6.17 kernel in /var/cache/apt/archives. 
> This was from the archives I copied from my other Etch install. Synaptic now 
> only shows a 2.6.18 kernel available, and I saw someone had a problem with 
> that, and Grub. I'm using LiLo, so perhaps the problem won't occur, but is 
> there a way to install the 2.6.17 one that I have in /var/cache/apt archives.  
> I should probably know the answer, but am not sure.

First of all congratulations for your successful upgrade.

That being said, you can install the 2.6.17 kernel by using dpkg:

	# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/<linux-image>.deb


Regards
Marcus

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