[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >anyone know the difference between kernel-images? There are several to >choose from: > >kernel-image-2.2.15-idepci_... >kernel-image-2.2.15-ide_... >kernel-image-2.2.15-compact_.... >etc... > >I can guess what the compact kernel image is but what are the other >two?
dpkg is your friend: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ dpkg -p kernel-image-2.2.15-idepci Package: kernel-image-2.2.15-idepci Priority: optional Section: base Installed-Size: 2388 Maintainer: Randolph Chung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Version: 2.2.15pre20-1 Provides: kernel-image Suggests: lilo (>= 19.1) Filename: dists/unstable/main/binary-i386/base/kernel-image-2.2.15-idepci_2.2.15pre20-1.deb Size: 1152426 MD5sum: 0153d59439737c95206c469d908b41c3 Description: Linux kernel binary image. This package contains the Linux kernel image, the System.map file, and the modules built by the packager. It also contains scripts that try to ensure that the system is not left in a unbootable state after an update. . This is kernel version 2.2.15pre19 . This version of the kernel image package only has ide and PCI device support. You can try the rest yourself ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

