[ale] oh....help

[James Sumners]

Keep it on the list please.

Look at the output of `dpkg -L linux-image-2.6-686`. I really don't
know what your setup is. As far as I'm aware, the Core Duo processors
are 32-bit. But some other responses indicate it might be 64-bit. If
that is the case, I don't have the first clue what package you should
be using. I do not have any 64-bit machines. The closest I have is a
hyperthreaded P4, and it is offline right now (so I can't login to it
and give you "hands on" instructions).

I also don't use the Debian packaged kernels. I compile my own on my
Debian machines. So I don't know how they are configured, or what they
install. I based the package suggestion on the original apt output you
posted.

On 9/12/07, Paul Cartwright <cartwrightpaul at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 September 2007 11:53, you wrote:
> > Well, yeah, you have to tell your boot manager to boot it. Examining
> > your current boot manager configuration should clue you in as to how
> > to configure it for the new kernel. I don't have a Debian machine at
> > my fingertips right now to give more detailed instructions with.
> >
> > I don't know about that "smart" thing. If you want to search for
> > packages use apt-cache.
> I'm familiar with /boot/grub/menu.lst
>
> /boot/grub# ls -l ..
> total 19804
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   64915 2007-05-03 20:29 config-2.6.18-4-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root   64792 2007-08-29 21:08 config-2.6.18-5-amd64
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2007-09-08 22:38 grub
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5041962 2007-09-08 22:37 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5015009 2007-09-08 17:42 initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64.bak
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5041257 2007-09-08 22:38 initrd.img-2.6.18-5-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  972672 2007-05-03 23:35 System.map-2.6.18-4-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  973806 2007-08-29 23:29 System.map-2.6.18-5-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1514181 2007-05-03 23:35 vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1514279 2007-08-29 23:29 vmlinuz-2.6.18-5-amd64
>
> there is no file for the p4 image.. I installed it, but... it isn't in the
> boot folder.
> here is my current menu.lst entry:
>
>
> title           Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.18-4-amd64
> root            (hd0,5)
> kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-4-amd64 root=/dev/sda6 ro
> initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-amd64
>
>


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