Hello everyone

I have recieved alot of information and help from this group.
It has been well recieved and appreciated. Thanks one and all.

I downloaded sarge and had all kinds of trouble. Come to find out that
the download wasn't quite right. Finally went on line and apt-get
-update which also installs, made it very easy. Now, when I try to do
something it usually let's me do it. I have all kinds of help files on
the gui-applications that I can access. It is starting to be enjoyable
I am curious about one thing? when I uname -srv, I get Linux
2.4.27l-2-386 #1. I have noticed something have not loaded because it
needed 2.6.8? I thought sarge was 3.1? Could you explain?

Once again I thank you all for the help.

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On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:16:11 +0000, none wrote:

>
> I downloaded sarge and had all kinds of trouble. Come to find out that
> the download wasn't quite right. Finally went on line and apt-get
> -update which also installs, made it very easy. Now, when I try to do
> something it usually let's me do it. I have all kinds of help files on
> the gui-applications that I can access. It is starting to be enjoyable
> I am curious about one thing? when I uname -srv, I get Linux
> 2.4.27l-2-386 #1. I have noticed something have not loaded because it
> needed 2.6.8? I thought sarge was 3.1? Could you explain?
>
> Once again I thank you all for the help.

If you install sarge with the default options it installs kernel 2.4, but
it is easy (like all installations in sarge) to install the 2.6 kernel. If
you want to use synaptic search for "kernel-image". If you use apt-get do
apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-686, for example. I'm not sure what kind
of hardware you have they have different kernel images for older machines
and for AMD microprocessors.

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On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:16:11 +0000, none wrote:

> Hello everyone
>
> I have recieved alot of information and help from this group.
> It has been well recieved and appreciated. Thanks one and all.
>
> I downloaded sarge and had all kinds of trouble. Come to find out that
> the download wasn't quite right. Finally went on line and apt-get
> -update which also installs, made it very easy. Now, when I try to do
> something it usually let's me do it. I have all kinds of help files on
> the gui-applications that I can access. It is starting to be enjoyable
> I am curious about one thing? when I uname -srv, I get Linux
> 2.4.27l-2-386 #1. I have noticed something have not loaded because it
> needed 2.6.8? I thought sarge was 3.1? Could you explain?
>
> Once again I thank you all for the help.

the 2.4 and 2.6 refer to Linux kernel versions. The 3.1 is a Debian
release version.

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On Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:16:11 GMT, none@nowhere.com <none@nowhere.com>
wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:

> Hello everyone
>
> I have recieved alot of information and help from this group.
> It has been well recieved and appreciated. Thanks one and all.
>
> I downloaded sarge and had all kinds of trouble. Come to find out that
> the download wasn't quite right. Finally went on line and apt-get
> -update which also installs, made it very easy. Now, when I try to do
> something it usually let's me do it. I have all kinds of help files on
> the gui-applications that I can access. It is starting to be enjoyable
> I am curious about one thing? when I uname -srv, I get Linux
> 2.4.27l-2-386 #1. I have noticed something have not loaded because it
> needed 2.6.8? I thought sarge was 3.1? Could you explain?
>
> Once again I thank you all for the help.

If you have a 2.4 kernel and would prefer a 2.6 kernel, run aptitude
and select the appropriate 2.6 kernel to install. You'll then need to
reboot, and the boot menu will offer you the new kernel as an option.


PJR :-)
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Kernel 2.4 needs to be recompiled for any special devices that you have.
Kernel version 2.6.8 allows loading modules when needed, so drivers for your
sound card or for wireless internet can be simply added to the modules
directory.


<none@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Hello everyone
>
> I have recieved alot of information and help from this group.
> It has been well recieved and appreciated. Thanks one and all.
>
> I downloaded sarge and had all kinds of trouble. Come to find out that
> the download wasn't quite right. Finally went on line and apt-get
> -update which also installs, made it very easy. Now, when I try to do
> something it usually let's me do it. I have all kinds of help files on
> the gui-applications that I can access. It is starting to be enjoyable
> I am curious about one thing? when I uname -srv, I get Linux
> 2.4.27l-2-386 #1. I have noticed something have not loaded because it
> needed 2.6.8? I thought sarge was 3.1? Could you explain?
>
> Once again I thank you all for the help.

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