[Nolug] Upgrading kernel-image-2.2.19-ide

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Hi,

While doing an "apt-get upgrade", one of the packages it wants
to upgrade is 2.2.19-4potato.5. The new package is
kernel-image-2.2.19-ide_2.2.19-12_i386.deb.

During the upgrade, I get some scary verbiage that seems to be a
bit contradictory. If I'm just doing a straight minor-point-level
upgrade, and have no extra kernel modules, is an overwrite ok?

Mandrake handles this by creating a new directory with a slightly
different name. Debian just wants me to rename the current
/lib/modules/2.2.19-ide to /lib/modules/2.2.19-ide.old. This
sounds weird, since I'm using LKMs !

What to do? Here's the warning message:
  You are attempting to install a kernel image (version 2.2.19-ide)
  However, the directory /lib/modules/2.2.19-ide still exists. If this
  directory belongs to a previous kernel-image-2.2.19-ide package, and if
  you have deselected some modules, or installed standalone modules
  packages, this could be bad. However, if this directory exists because
  you are also installing some stand alone modules right now, and they
  got unpacked before I did, then this is pretty benign. Unfortunately,
  I can't tell the difference.
  
  If /lib/modules/2.2.19-ide belongs to a old install of
  kenel-image-2.2.19-ide, this is your last chance to abort the
  installation of this kernel image (nothing has been changed yet).
  
  If this directory is because of stand alone modules being installed
  right now, or if it does belong to an older kernel-image-2.2.19-ide
  package but you know what you are doing, and if you feel that this
  image should be installed despite this anomaly, Please answer n to the
  question.
  
  Otherwise, I suggest you move /lib/modules/2.2.19-ide out of the way,
  perhaps to /lib/modules/2.2.19-ide.old or something, and then try
  re-installing this image.

TIA,
Ron
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