Thanks Frans. Wanted to make sure I understood the exact formula. Downloaded the (older) kernel source and completed the EXTRAVERSION attribute in the makefile. Re-compiled and I *should* be all set now.
Regards, -jmh On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 26 September 2008, Jason Hanna wrote: >> 'No kernel modules were found. This is probably due to a mismatch >> between the kernel used by this version of the installer and the >> kernel version available in the archive' > > This is really very simple. > > The 'uname -r' of the running D-I kernel must match the package name of > module udebs, which is in general *-modules-$(uname -r)-di. And of course > they must be ABI compatible. > > Note that the actual comparison is with a field in the control file of the > udebs and not the package name. For example: > $ dpkg -e sata-modules-2.6.26-1-amd64-di_1.46_amd64.udeb > Package: sata-modules-2.6.26-1-amd64-di > Source: linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6 > Version: 1.46 > Kernel-Version: 2.6.26-1-amd64 > Architecture: amd64 > [...] > > But of course that field will match the package name. > > The disadvantage of using a netboot image is that normally it will need to > download modules from a mirror. You may be better of just including all > modules you need in the initrd or compiling them into the kernel (if size > limits allow). If you do that you can just ignore the error. > > Cheers, > FJP > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
