Hi, Because of the "Debian Security Advisory DSA 1356-1" yesterday, I did an aptitude update/upgrade. All went well except for the following message:
> The following packages have been kept back: > linux-image-2.6-486 This is my situation: 1. March this year I installed Etch with an 2.6.18-486 kernel. 2. A couple of weeks ago I installed 2Gb RAM. 3. Because of the 2.6.18-486 kernel I could only use 1 Gb. 4. I was advised to install the 2.6.21-2-686 kernel. Today I learned that Etch only has 2.6.18 kernel. I'm happy with Etch. I prefer stability and security over the advantage of having the latest packages. Does this mean that all packages I installed after installation of the Lenny kernel, are Lenny packages? If so, I now have a mixed system, partly Etch and partly Lenny. I keep a record of all aptitude update/upgrade installations and also of all installed packages. Could I safely install the 2.6.18 kernel and then remove/reinstall everything that is installed after I installed the 2.6.21 kernel, including all aptitude upgrades. M> uname -a Linux debian 2.6.21-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Jul 13 15:05:54 UTC 2007 i686 GNU/Linux Manon.
