<div dir="ltr">I noticed something odd the other day, a discrepancy of the kernel version on almost identical machines.<br>Both machines are running Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS.<br><br>This is a machine that was on 10.04 and then upgraded to 12.04.<br>
<div><br>$ uname -vr<br>3.2.0-60-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 19 03:54:44 UTC 2014<br><br>$ dpkg -l | grep linux-im | awk '{print $2}' <br>linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic<br>linux-image-server<br><br>$ grep DESCR /etc/lsb-release <br>
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS"<br><br></div><div>This machine was initially the same, but had a hard drive failure, and was reinstalled on a new drive from a DVD<br><br>$ uname -rv<br>3.11.0-19-generic #33~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 12 21:16:27 UTC 2014<br>
<br>$ dpkg -l | grep linux-im | awk '{print $2}' <br>linux-image-3.11.0-19-generic<br><br>Same distro release as the other machine:<br>$ grep DESCR /etc/lsb-release<br>DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS"<br>
<br></div><div>Note the different kernel version? <br>The upgraded machine has 3.2, and the installed one has 3.11!<br><br>It is not causing any issues. Just curious why this happens.<br></div><div>-- <br>Khalid M. Baheyeldin<br>
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