Is there a way to know which kernel is debian install iso cdrom, without downloading?

frenchn00b · 01-24-2010, 03:41 PM

Hello,

There is lot of iso, and the kernel is the very important thing for the install since the hardware is depending, directly. Unfortunately kernels are changing and it could be interesting to have the information for each iso cdrom.
I guess it might be somewhere but that's not so obvious and easy to find (never found where).

Any positive ideas are welcome. ... Debian is cool, nicest distro ever !

Regards

neonsignal · 01-24-2010, 04:57 PM

You could just look at the package list in packages.debian.org for 'linux-image' (or 'kernel-image' for older versions).

The online iso files are regenerated frequently (weekly for testing if I remember rightly).

frenchn00b · 01-24-2010, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neonsignal

You could just look at the package list in packages.debian.org for 'linux-image' (or 'kernel-image' for older versions).

The online iso files are regenerated frequently (weekly for testing if I remember rightly).

but the package debian does not mirror, or in other words, * well * the content of the iso...

knudfl · 01-24-2010, 05:40 PM

*

Which kernel version are you looking for ?

craigevil · 01-24-2010, 05:40 PM

Stable 2.6.26
testing daily 2.6.32-trunk

neonsignal · 01-24-2010, 07:43 PM

If you already have the iso, mount it as a loopback device and look at

Code:

pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-image*

(or grep in the checksum file md5sum.txt)

If you haven't yet downloaded the iso, then the package list will be very close (give or take a few days).

Brains · 01-24-2010, 10:54 PM

If you go to Debian packages web site, in the "Search package directories" section put "linux-image" in the Keyword field and select a distribution version from the drop down menu. The kernel version for the distribution you selected should be the kernel version available in the current .iso.

frenchn00b · 01-24-2010, 11:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by craigevil

Stable 2.6.26

no actually it is very strange. I donwlowded the 650mb cdrom from testing debian, the official and it gave me 2 kernels:
testing daily trunk, retrieved from the net
and
2.6.2x somethnig.

But normally it should be one kernel installed, as stable does. I just want one, it's Debian, it's the excellence that remained from distro to newer distros.

frenchn00b · 01-24-2010, 11:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brains

If you go to Debian packages web site, in the "Search package directories" section put "linux-image" in the Keyword field and select a distribution version from the drop down menu. The kernel version for the distribution you selected should be the kernel version available in the current .iso.

As I wrote just above, if you download a daily or older or whatever iso, you can end up with an old or newer kernel. I mean that's important. I have some kernel that does not recognize all my hardware. The kernel has some important value, that shall be informed once one download an ISO. Debian-installer are sometimes difficult with hardware, I remind it, as nothing is perfect... well, maybe ...

so download iso, mount, and know it...

Quote:

(or grep in the checksum file md5sum.txt)

well, its the law of information flows... not easy