apt-get dist-upgrade, kernel 2.6.8.1-4-386

[bstil]

Hello, please explain the difference between kernel 2.6.8.1-3-386 and kernel 2.6.8.1-4-386. Is -4 hoary instead of -3 warty?

I ran apt-get update and then apt-get upgrade from the root console. The results said two packages were kept back. I believe most of the installed packages were security. Then I ran apt-get dist-upgrade and those two were installed.

The process altered my /boot/grub/menu.lst for dual boot. I had to edit it to get WinXP back on the menu. But now I also have two Ubuntu choices (plus two recovery mode choices):

Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-4-386
Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-3-386

Does this mean that I upgraded to hoary from warty? What exactly are the differences between the two kernels. Should I boot to the original Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.8.1-3-386 instead? Please advise.

[mendicant]

I imagine it's related to the security issue over here:
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-60-0

Boot into the new one, and if it works okay for you, you can delete the old one (which has the security issue).

[mendicant]

If you are concerned about this kind of thing, you should subscribe to ubuntu-security. In general, though, if your apt sources.list only contains warty, and only contains main, restricted and universe entries, the only possible updates you can have are security ones. If you have any non-Ubuntu official repositories, then you may get non-security updates.