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Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
Thu Dec 11 11:07:07 EST 2014


On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 20:48:38 +0530, p.rameshbabu at globaledgesoft.com said:

> How can I change the kernel version from 3.12 to 3.5.0.45-generic?

First, figure out *why* you need to do that.  There's probably a better
solution.

> Whether I need to download the source code for 3.5.0.45-generic and I need
> to compile it?

The -generic hints that it's a distro kernel for a long-gone release.
If so, you probably want to just download the .rpm or .deb or whatever
from the distro's repositories and install it.
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