Craig Dickson wrote: > Paul Scott wrote: > >> What does pre17 mean as in 2.2.19pre17 ? >> > It means "preview 17" -- the 17th pre-release of 2.2.19. The real 2.2.19 > would be just 2.2.19. > > You will also see things like "2.4.7-ac3", which refers to a version > of 2.4.7 modified by Alan Cox (ac). Alan is one of the core kernel > developers. > His branch gets synced up periodically with the "official" kernel > branch, which is managed by Linus Torvalds. 2.4.7-ac3 is the third > Alan Cox release of 2.4.7. > >> What kernel version(s) get installed from the official Debian >> binary-i386 potato CD's? > > Potato comes with a 2.2 kernel. From what you say below, I would > guess that it currently comes with 2.2.19pre17.
Thanks. I have had the CD's for a few weeks. Since 2.2.19 is available maybe that's what's current.
I haven't at this moment been able to determine what version I would get if I D/L'd a new set of CD's for stable. (For FTP traffic's sake I won't).
Thanks, Paul
