Could somebody please provide a simple breakdown of what I need to do update my kernel?
I started installed Debian(Woody) with kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 on some machines few months ago. I was (and still am) new to Debian, and don't understand all of it's nuances yet. I saw the Debian Security Advisory on June 8, so now I want to install the updated kernel. First, I don't understand Debian's version numbering. The advisory tells me if I have 2.4.18-bf2.4, then should install kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4. Doesn't Debian jack up the version numbers when a new update comes out? How do I tell if I've updated a system yet or not (other than writing down a note to myself????) Also, I tried this on a test machine by just typing: #apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4 It then proceeded to give me a bunch of warnings about modules. On this particular test machine, I never compiled any modules, so threw caution into the wind and just let it rip. It seemed to work ok, and allegedly took care of my boot loader and then I rebooted and I was still alive when all was done. So my main questions are: 1) How do I really tell if I upgraded my kernel or not? If I do a uname -r, it tells me I'm running 2.4.18-bf2.4. Well, that's what uname told me before I did this too, so how do I tell? 2) I'm installing kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4 to "upgrade" the kernel, but there was no kernel-image package on my system in the first place, so how is package management really handling the kernel? 3) On some systems I have development tools and kernel headers installed because I needed to compile an e100 module or whatnot. Will I have to recompile my modules again? This is what I gather from all the big warnings when installing kernel-image-2.4.18-bf2.4. But what about updated kernel-headers? I don't see any updated kernel-headers around to match my updated kernel. Will this work? Are there any other considerations that I need to be aware of, or am I basically doing this correctly and worrying too much? Thanks for any input.
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