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Date:	Tue, 17 Sep 2002 12:11:38 PST7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Re: Warp kernels

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Sorry, I was not clear. When I said from the outside, I meant just
lying there doing nothing, not installed, not running, as in you have
collected nineteen of them and don't know what they are.

Ray

Steven Levine wrote:
>
> >How can you determine a kernel version "from the outside". They are
> >distributed with a date imbedded in the name, but the format is not
> >consistent. Is there a published correlation between date and version?
> >All I know to do is open it in a text editor and scan for "14.0".
>
> There are several ways. The best for you is probably bldlevel and dir:
>
> bldlevel F:\os2krnl
> Build Level Display Facility Version 6.10.480 Oct 6 2000
> (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1993-2000
> Signature: @#IBM:14.085#@_W4 IBM OS/2 Kernel
> Vendor: IBM
> Revision: 14.85
> File Version: 14.85
> Description: _W4 IBM OS/2 Kernel
>
> dir /km F:\os2krnl
> 10-18-01 18:17 849,407 54 os2krnl
>
> Sometimes, the signature does not exactly match the common name, but it's
> close enough. The string that shows up at boot time can be found by
> searching for "Internal revision:"
>
> Internal revision 14.085_W4
>
> Steven
>

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