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From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
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Subject: Re: 2.2.5 upgrade.
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Darren Reed wrote:

> 
> FYI, I just ran the 2.2.5 upgrade, and the most bizarre thing happened.
> 
> When I rebooted afterwards, I had a 2.2.1 kernel.
> 
> I suspect that a somewhat crowded / confused it, BUT, /kernel which
> is dated today is 2.2.1, not 2.2.5.  /kernel.GENERIC is 2.2.5.
> 
> What happened ?

Known bug; copy /kernel.GENERIC to /kernel and all will be OK.  If you
installed the kernel source for 2.2.5 simply rebuild & reinstall.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major