kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: >kernel upgrades are independent of distribution. > >> So that's my goal... what do I do to update to the newest kernel >> Debian's got on their FTP? =20 > >If you want to use a compiled image: > > $ apt-get install kernel-image > >If you prefer to roll your own: > > $ apt-get install kernel-source You have to add the kernel version number that you want: kernel-image-2.2.17 or kernel-source-2.2.17, for example.
Each kernel release is a separate package. -- Oliver Elphick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47 GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C ======================================== "He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us." Psalms 103:10-12
