> Err... you posted a list of kernel packages you had available to
> this list a few hours ago, in response to one of my questions...
what I meant was that aptitude does not display a package called:
kernel-image-2.4.26-1-386
which i think i correct in saying is the installed kernel. In other
words how do I go about step one of installing a 2.4 kernel as you
suggest?
> > incidentally, aptitude is saying it wants to remove the existing kernel
> > image because of unmet dependancies. can that be rectified without
> > reinstalling?
>
> You could try something like:
>
> echo whatever-the-kernel-package-name-is install | dpkg --set-selections
>
this doesn't return anything I'm afraid
Mike