Helle Alex, On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 01:20:16PM +1300, Alex King wrote: > I need to install a stable system, but with a kernel from backports (or > testing). I am using netboot. > > The system needs drivers from a more modern kernel than what's in stable to > access its disks. ... > Here are some ways I can think of to solve this problem: > > 1. Use an installer compiled with a backport kernel. This does not exist to > my knowledge, but if anyone can point me to a netboot.tar.gz that does this > I would be happy.
Did you try a monolithic kernel tftpbooted with the stretch installer ? For me that worked at some point for an ARM Soc. Greetings Hermann -- Netzwerkadministration/Zentrale Dienste, Interdiziplinaeres Zentrum fuer wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universitaet Heidelberg IWR; INF 205; 69120 Heidelberg; Tel: (06221)54-14405 Fax: -14427 Email: hermann.la...@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de