Paul Gear wrote: > Kevin B. McCarty wrote: >> Paul Gear wrote: >>>A quick question: is there a way to get apt to install new >>>kernel-image packages rather than upgrade them, and keep the existing >>>kernel-image package installed as well? >> ... >> If you are asking whether you can install (for instance) kernel 2.6.8, >> kernel 2.6.9, and kernel 2.6.9 compiled for SMP all at once, the answer >> is yes. In fact this is the default behavior.
> Thanks for the detailed response. Are you saying that once my system is > installed (on 2.6.8, as it happens), it will never get an upgrade to > 2.6.9 (once it is released) unless i explicitly install it? Correct. > Does the fact that i asked for kernel-image-2.6-686 have any bearing on > the situation? I thought this always pointed to the latest released 2.6 > kernel image. It does indeed. >> As a corollary, if you are currently using kernel 2.6.8 and want to >> upgrade to 2.6.9, you will have to explicitly ask APT to install kernel >> 2.6.9, because "apt-get upgrade" will not do the trick. Likewise you >> will have to explicitly remove any old kernels that you are no longer >> using. > I'm happy with removing the old ones myself. The only drama with the > way you explain it is: how do i know when 2.6.9 is released except by > checking for it manually every day/week/whatever? Install kernel-image-2.6-[arch], and 'apt-get upgrade' will automatically upgrade to the current packaged 2.6-series kernel for your architecture. > > However there are often several Debian revisions of each kernel >> version; so "apt-get upgrade" WILL upgrade you from Debian release >> 2.6.8-6 to 2.6.8-7. Needless to say, you CANNOT install two Debian >> releases of the same kernel version at the same time. > > Presumably these Debian revisions are only released to fix security > problems or other major bugs? Generally, yes. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
