It seems that it must have been removed from the archive between your installs. 2.4.17 does not exist on the archives now, only 2.4.17-b42.4. I may be wrong but it seems to me it hasn't been there for several weeks. I would suggest installing 2.4.18.
On Fri, 2002-04-12 at 19:11, curtis wrote: > Let's go back to my original problem. > > Here's my letter: > > I upgraded the kernels on all of computers per instructions, which > are provided at the end of the message. > This worked on all but one computer. > I assumed that that computer was upgraded to 2.4, but I discovered > recently that it is still on the 2.2 kernel. > Doing an apt-get dist-upgrade produces no results now. The only > image in the /boot / directory (which is were it should be, right?) > is vmlinuz-2.2.17. > Do I now have manually upgrade it? And if so, how? > > Curtis > > > Procedures for upgrade: > 1. edit sources.list > 2. apt-get update > 3. apt-get install apt dpkg apt-utils > 4. apt-get dist-upgrade > 5. apt-get -f install > > Now, since then I tried to download the kernel per instructions provided > by dman: > > apt-get install kernel-imgage-<version> > > In this case, when I type apt-get install kernal-image-2.4.17-386 (the > kernel version on my other computers), I get the following message: > > Package kernel-image-2.4.17-386 has no available version, but exists > in the database. > This typically means that the package was mentioned in a dependency and > never uploaded, has been obsoleted or is not available with the contents > of sources.list > E: Package kernel-image-2.4.17-386 has no installation candidate > > Fine, so I typed apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.17 and for whatever > reason it installed kernel-image-2.4.17-bf2.4. > > So, how do I get the correct kernel-image? Or what is the correct > title? Perhpas 2.4.19-386? > > Curtis > > Osamu Aoki wrote: > > >Hi > >On Fri, Apr 12, 2002 at 05:11:50PM -0500, dman wrote: > > > >>Will anyone help curtis? I don't know about the 'bf' kernels. > >> > > > >bf = boot floppy > > > >Special kernel flavor compiled for the initial system installation. > > > >It should be quite useful but may not have all the bells and whistle. > > > >Just install normal 2.4 kernel and configure modules to suits your > >system. > > > >Good luck. > > > >>----- Forwarded message from curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > >>| From: curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>| > >>| After updating the kernel on one of my computers, I see that I have the > >>| following kernel image: vmlinuz-2.4.17-386 > >>| I then tried to update the kernel on another computer. For whatever > >>| reason it would not update automatically so I had to perform the > >>| following operation: > >>| apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.17 > >>| > >>| Well, it install vmlinuz-2.4.17-bf2.4 > >>| > >>| I understand the 386 in the earlier kernel image install to refer to a > >>| 386 processor. What does the bf2.4 mean and is this appropriate? > >> > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
