On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 01:27:05PM -0500, Default User wrote: > Just trying to do an expert non-gui install of Etch. During base system > installation, it asks which kernel to install: > > linux-image-2.6.18-4-486
this is a specific kernel version and refers to a package which actually contains a kernel. > linux-image-2.6-486 this is a meta-package which points to the latest version of the 2.6 kernel for the 486 architecture. that is currently 2.6.18-4, so if you install this, you will get the one above. However, if a new version of 2.6.18 comes out, then this package will change to point to the new kernel and you will automagically upgrade the kernel. so pick the first one if you want that specific kernel with no upgrades. pick the second on if you always want the latest 2.6 kernel. > none (yeah, right. Here I just pull one out of my . . . sleeve.) roll your own, of course :) A
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