On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 06:22:51PM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > [snip] > > > > Err, what is the problem in having 2.4 floppy debian-installer, and then > > > > install the 2.6 kernel on the installed system. > > > > > > That's not a problem, apart from diverging device support for e.g. SATA. > > > But d-i uses the normal debian kernel. If you eliminate 2.4 i386, then > > > there's no such kernel left for d-i. > > The general idea, however, is to use the same kernel for d-i and for > the installed system. Rationale: An installer which dies immediately > is better than one which installs half of the new system and then > dies on reboot.
Yeah sure, but remember this will only affect those boxes without netboot or CD/DVD drives. > > I am not proposing anything so drastic, just that 2.6 be made the > > defaultm with 2.4 as fallback for those who need it. > > AFAIK starting the installer with "linux26" or from 2.6 images should > already have this effect. Since 2.4 is still much better tested, it's > probably a good idea to keep it that way (at least as long as we have > some hope for releasing sarge in the next months). Well, not really, since we are speaking about floppies, but you are right. i was suposing installing with 2.6 by default and having linux24 just in case, but this is a decision that is for the x86 mfolk to make. For powerpc i believe the decision is much more easy. Friendly, Sven Luther
