Hello
A long time ago, i installed a debian woody (3.0r3) on an old P75 . It
served me well since then, and was regularly updated via the stable
tree. (( its tasks are quite basic : httpd, cron, ssh, sql )). It
seems like the different packages underwent the woody to sarge
transition smoothly. At least i don't remember having done anything
special at that moment.
But i just noticed the kernel was still the same (2.2.20), although
there are newer 2.4.X and 2.6.X kernels out there. So my questions are
:
- is it worth an upgrade ?
- is it as simple as an apt-get install kernel-image-xxx ?
(debian-reference speaks mainly about compiling of kernels,
so i think this may be trivial if so few info is given about it... )
- P75 is i586. does apt-get choose the right architecture ?
if not, should i select 2.4.x-x-386 or 2.4.x-x-586tsc (named
"Pentium-Classic") ?
I'd say the later.
- finally, there is no 2.6.x-x-586tsc. If i want 2.6, do i have to go "back"
to i386 ? Would this be a problem "performance" wise ? In this case,
would it be a possible option to compile the latest kernel on the 586 ?
- i have no quick physical access on that machine and i'm planning to
do the upgrade via ssh. Would there be any special pb ?
- is it normal that "dpkg --get-selections \*" doesn't show me any
kernel-image with the "install" status ?
Sorry for the many questions, and thanks in advance for any hint i could get
Nicolas
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