Wow... Back to your question, though. What is "-f" masking? What happens when you run plain old
# apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.27-2-686 On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 18:26 -0500, Andrew Weaver wrote: > I originally installed the "stable" distro because I didn't know any > better and I've since upgraded to "testing". It's definately an x86; > it's a PII laptop. I didn't realize I was using such an old kernel > until I tried to install the linuxant wifi driver and it told me. > > On 5/17/06, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2006-05-17 at 14:07 -0500, Andrew Weaver wrote: > > > I'm trying to upgrade my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 by running: > > > > Jeezus, man, how old is your system? > > > > By any chance, are you running a non-i386 system? > > > > [snip] > > > > > > How can I get around this? > > > > Kernel 2.2 is pretty darned ancient. Why not just reinstall from > > scratch? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities -- brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems." John W. Gardner -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
