[ale] oh....help

[James Sumners]

Well, yeah, you have to tell your boot manager to boot it. Examining
your current boot manager configuration should clue you in as to how
to configure it for the new kernel. I don't have a Debian machine at
my fingertips right now to give more detailed instructions with.

I don't know about that "smart" thing. If you want to search for
packages use apt-cache.

On 9/12/07, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
> Scott Castaline wrote:
> > Paul Cartwright wrote:
> >> James Sumners wrote:
> >>> Roll your own?
> >>>
> >>> or
> >>>
> >>> `apt-get install linux-image-2.6-686`
> >>
> >> when I do smart install linux-image-2.6 I get this suggestions:
> >>
> >> linux-image-2.6.18-5-xen-vserver
> >> linux-image-2.6.18-amd64-k8_2.6.18+6etch1
> >> linux-image-2.6.18-em64t-p4_2.6.18+6etch1
> >> linux-image-2.6.18-em64t-p4_2.6.18+6etch2
>
> >>
> > My guess would be yes as the k8 was a designation for the AMD CPU back
> > in the earlier Pentium days, and the p4 was the designator for Intel
> > Pentium
> >
> ok,
> so I installed linux-image-2.6.18-em64t-p4_2.6.18+6etch1
>
> rebooted, it wasn't a choice. Obviously there is more to installing the
> new kernel..
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