Re: kernel version

From: YH (yh_at_paradise.net.nz)
Date: 12/30/04

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    Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:37:25 +1300
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    Thanks Glenn. I guess you are talking about Debian next release Sarge
    for 3.1?

    If I understand correctly that woody (As I installed 3.0 r2) uses 2.2
    kernel, if it is correct I'll be really surprised, the 2.2 kernel was
    the version ages ago, wasn't?

    Kind regards,

    YH

    Glenn English wrote:

    > On Fri, 2004-12-31 at 08:45 +1300, YH wrote:
    >
    >>Thanks all for the help. How can I type the "uname -r" and get
    >>"2.2.20-idepci"? I really didn't know what that means as I am only aware
    >>of most distributions use the kernel 2.4.x or 2.6.x? Any explain please?
    >
    >
    > 'uname -a' is a little less cryptic (it throws in a few human-readable
    > words). But if that's what uname prints on your system, you seem to be
    > running a 2.2 kernel.
    >
    > I don't know how much you know or what you're trying to accomplish, but
    > the net install CD for Sarge does a pretty painless job of installing a
    > 2.4 or 2.6 (you pick it) kernel system on your machine.
    > 

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