On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 11:56:46AM +0800, Edmond Halley wrote: > Hi, all > > I installed debian lenny 5.0.3. The kernel is 2.6.26, I want a newer > kernel image >2.6.28. Can I just "apt-get install" a new kernel? I can't > find new kernel in the repository by apt-cache search "kernel-image" or > search in aptitude.
Sadly, the kernel present in Debian Lenny is 2.6.26+17+lenny1 (i386 and amd64). Read below for further options. > If there is not pre-compile kernel image in the repository, does it mean I > myself have to compile it from source? You could compile your own kernel using kernel-package[1]. However, you could also leverage on the Lenny backports; the current backported kernel is 2.6.30+20~bpo50+1 [2]. You can learn more about backports here: http://wiki.debian.org/Backports and http://www.backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php HTH. Kumar [1]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/kernel-package [2]: http://packages.debian.org/lenny-backports/linux-image-2.6-amd64 -- People disagree with me. I just ignore them. -- Linus Torvalds, regarding the use of C++ for the Linux kernel
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