Re: Brief question as to the Linux kernel in use in the Stable version of Etch
On Jan 26, 2008 9:48 PM, dick thompson <rhomp2002@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I have looked all through the info and the best I can find is that Etch
> uses version 2.6.18 of the Linux kernel. Since the stable version was
> put out there in the early part of Jan 2008, that seems like a very old
> version to be releasing.
Debian 4.0, Etch, was released April 8th, 2007. Linux kernel 2.6.18
was released September 20th, 2006.
> Am I right that this is the version in use?
Yes, 2.6.18 is the Etch kernel, but see below.
> If so that does not support my ethernet connection and I will have to
> look elsewhere for a Linux to use.
Debian backports (backports.org) has 2.6.22 kernels for etch:
http://packages.debian.org/etch-backports/linux-image
Cheers,
Kelly Clowers
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