Re: [SLUG] Debian Kernel - Booting Wrong Version

From: Scott Piper (piper@ij.net)
Date: Mon Oct 15 2001 - 10:19:24 EDT


Based on your post, you installed the kernel source. You'll have to compile the
kernel or install a kernel binary package if you don't want to compile one.

    scott

Russell Hires wrote:

> I bet it's that whole "LILO" thing that I'm trying to figure out in another
> thread. I bet if you run the LILO command, you should be booting into the
> kernel you want.
>
> BTW, I always stay away from Debian's kernel-source, because it's hard for me
> to understand, and because it's just easier to deal with building my own
> kernel anyhow.
>
> Russell
>
> On Sunday 14 October 2001 18:02, you wrote:
> > This is a Debian-Progeny problem and since there are so many differences
> > between it and RH, SuSE, etc. I don't know who can answer this.
> >
> > I have just run apt-get install for kernel-source version 2.2.19 but when I
> > reboot it says it is using 2.2.18.
> >
> > How do I tell this silly thing to boot 2.2.19 and why didn't it wipe out
> > 2.2.18 when I did the apt-get install of the newer version?
> >
> > I am hoping that the resolution of this will get me past the dysfunctional
> > status of "makefile" and "make" so that I may then get past the OSS/ALSA
> > sound problem!
> >
> > Thanks! Doc



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