Re: how to install kernel source 2.6.8

[Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il>]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 03:31:38PM -0800, Mike McClain wrote:
> I've a mostly etch system and wanted to try the 2.6 kernel.
> 
> mike@/deb40a:~> uname -a
> Linux playground 2.4.27 #1 Mon Dec 24 13:55:08 PST 2007 i586 GNU/Linux
> 
> The only un-commented lines in /etc/apt/sources.list are:
> deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
> deb http://www.backports.org/debian etch-backports main contrib non-free
> 
> root@/deb40a:~> apt-get update
> root@/deb40a:~> grep "Package: kernel-source" /var/lib/dpkg/available
> Package: kernel-source-2.4.27
> Package: kernel-source-2.2.25
> Package: kernel-source-2.6.8

2.4.27 and 2.6.8 are from Sarge. 2.2.25 is even older.

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