Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[mini-jaguar]

I think there may be a chart somewhere with the official versions (other than the Distro Watch charts which are full of errors), but I would like see a chart which includes the kernel for the derivatives and projects. Of course it would be hard to do for all the derivatives, but it would be nice for at least some.

They are sometimes mentioned in threads, sometimes not, sometimes you have to go through the whole thread, which makes it pretty complicated...

The reason being is that certain versions of the 3.* kernels have some incompatibility with older computers. Of course natural selection is going to make these Puppy versions less used, but it would be nice to compare.

[`f00]

Some (not much besides archpup in the 3 series kernel) are charted at

http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyVersion

but it's kind of tricky keeping up with the latest kernel-in-use, test versions go up and down etc
(not to mention other factors like compatibility with packages )

hth

[linuxcbon]

Kernel version doesnt matter. What you need to check is if kernel was compiled for 486,586,686,... cpus and ditto for programs.

[nubc]

Here is a bare-bones listing of Puppy versions. Perhaps you could suggest a system of superscripts to denote kernel version or architecture compiled for. Or just make a supplementary catalog of versions related to kernel version/target architecture.

Puppy Linux Mind Map
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=62727

[6502coder]

[ally]

where is the kernel version stored within a distro?

can a script be designed to retrieve the info?

if so will generate a list from my collection

[James C]

In a terminal just run "uname -r" .... without the quotes. I'm in Lucid 528.005....

[ally]

hey james

I wondered if there is a way of obtaining the kernel version from looking into the iso?

there's too iso's to boot up and uname to get the answers.......

[darkcity]

[raffy]

[Keef]

ally,

Don't know how to automate it, but if you just mount the iso then right click on vmlinuz in Rox, and look at 'properties', it contains kernel info.
[EDIT]
Yes there is a way. This script extracts the kernel config from a vmlinuz. You don't need all of it, so a bit of grep and cut, should get rid of the chaff.
Change line 25 to

[Karl Godt]

Another simple check is to mount the .iso and mount the .sfs or zdrv.sfs , go to /lib/modules and there should be a folder with the kernel version and extra-name (same as uname -r).

Some kernels seem to be tricky, just showing 2.6.39 : the kernel major, kernel minor and kernel sublevel, without showing the patchlevel or the extra name ( applies also for the uname command).

My Dell has the same problems, if i want to reboot, i use kernels below 2.6.37 .
Slacko-5.3 has kernel 2.6.37.6 and my own 2.6.37.4 show the same not working reboot behavior.

[ally]

thanks keef

will start compiling details......

[CatDude]

Hi

Attached is a list obtained from what i have backed-up on DVD's,
it is in the format suggested by the name
ie:

ISO-name, kernel-version, md5sum

Hope someone finds it useful.

CatDude
.

[Karl Godt]

Well done, Catdude !
I have saved it as .txt with delimiter '|' PIPE and sorted it with