To all that replied, thanks... I am working on it now.. Debian rocks in comparison to other unixes and linuxes for that matter that I have grown attached to over the many years...
thanks -------------- Matt Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.duhnet.net http://www.mattchapman.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 4:34 PM To: Chapman, Matt Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Kernel upgrade. On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 08:41:38AM -0400, Chapman, Matt wrote: > Hi, > > I am running the sparc version potato.. > > I changed my sources.list for apt to woody and was able to do a successful > apt-get dist-upgrade > > Now how do I get the new kernel? > > -matt > With x86 architecture I would either apt-get install kernel-image or apt-get install kernel-source where one has to find the full name of the desired kernel-image and kernel-source on packages.debian.org or by grep-available or similar methods. I guess that this is similar with other architectures. Of course when you get kernel-source you'll have to compile and install the kernel yourself. kernel-package can help here a lot. In case you knew all that, what exactly do you mean by `how do I get the new kernel?'? > -------------- > Matt Chapman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.duhnet.net > http://www.mattchapman.net > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hillel used to say: If I am not for myself who will be for me? Yet, if I am for myself only, what am I? And if not now, when? (Ethics Of The Fathers 1:14) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]