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From: Tim Garton <garton.tim@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Determine kernel release of non-running kernel
Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 00:25:51
Message-Id: 8fcf3b560611061621r26cd2cf5v79cf35547e6aed5c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Determine kernel release of non-running kernel by Andrey <4ndrey@gmail.com>
1 Thanks, Sergio, that worked like a charm. The string I wanted wasn't
2 actually in the first 20 lines so a 'strings /tmp/vmlinuz | grep 2.6' worked
3 better.
4
5 Audrey, I wanted information about a kernel that was built by somebody else
6 on another machine, so I don't have access to the applicable /lib/modules
7
8 Tim
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10 On 11/6/06, Andrey <4ndrey@×××××.com> wrote:
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12 > On Monday 06 November 2006 23:50, Tim Garton wrote:
13 > > Anyone know how to determine the kernel release of a non-running kernel?
14 > > Like 'uname -r' but point it at a kernel file?
15 >
16 > I didn't understand the problem...
17 > What about: ls /lib/modules/ ?
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