Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages - SOLVED

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Martin
Hi there, I'd just like to say that thanks to the helpful and speedy replies to my question, I have sucessfully upgraded the kernel on all my Debian machines. Another victory for moving away from the Red Hat RPM system. (Yes, I am a recent adopter of Debian) Thanks again. Colin > On Fri, Dec

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:25:55AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone explain how it is that my machine even boots when according > the package manager, there is no kernel image installed? It's a long-standing buglet in boot-floppies that it just plonks the kernel into place without ins

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am looking to upgrade the kernel on my machine to deal with the > vulnerability that knocked over the main Debian servers. From what I > understand, a kernel upgrade is something that isn't done > automatically by apt. > > Can someone expl

apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread colin
Hi there, I've been reading this list for a little while, and it seems to be the most appropriate forum for my question. I apologise if it has been asked before, however I can't seem to get my head around the way in which this is supposed to work. I have looked around using Google, but to be hones