________________________________ From: The Wanderer <wande...@fastmail.fm> To: Debian-user List <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 11:19 PM Subject: Re: How does one restore the original stable linux-image after it has been removed and purged?
> Although this should work, it's unnecessarily complicated if all you want to > do is remove a single linux-image package. This looks like it's > designed to remove all kernel packages except the one for the kernel that's > currently running. You're right. The command that I copied from a Google search removes ALL kernel packages except the most current one. > First, check to see whether the old version is still available through your > configured repositories: > $ apt-get update > $ apt-cache policy linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 > If you're in luck, you'll see something like the following: > ======== > linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64: > Installed: 3.2.57-3 > Candidate: 3.2.57-3 > Version table: > 3.2.57-3 0 > 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable/main amd64 Packages > ======== > If that is the case, then you should be able to reinstall the old kernel > easily, like any other package: > $ apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-4-amd64 > It's not guaranteed that you will get *exactly* the same version as before; > for example, if kernel security updates have been released and > packaged for Debian stable, you may get a kernel that includes those as well. > However, at worst, you will get the same kernel that someone > doing a new install today would get. Thanks for the clarification.
