install question.

nixnut · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject:

It's another, older version of the kernel that was used when the 2006.0 release was created. The kernel you are looking at is a 2.6.17 kernel that is far more recent. No problem, actually less so, since there are security bugs fixed in 2.6.17 that would still be in 2.6.15
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moocha · Watchman Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 5722

Uh, because uname -r shows you the version of the kernel that is currently booted and running (the LiveCD one), and ls -l /usr/src shows you what kernel source tree you have on your hard drive. Apples and oranges there ;-)

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EzInKy · Veteran Joined: 11 Oct 2002 Posts: 1742 Location: Kentucky

The explanation is that uname is telling you the name of the running kernel and /usr/src/linux contains the sources for the kernel you are about to build.

P.S. Consider consolidating your questions, I answered your lan install question in another thread B-)
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