http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/woody/module-init-tools/
Now you can try 2.6 with woody :) No need to upgrade to sarge if you don't want to. On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, James wrote: > Hello, > > I already have a portable(Prostar 8880 > x86) running woody (stable) with several > kernel options, the latest being 2.4.21. > > If I want to upgrade to Sarge(testing) > and a 2.6.x kernel, do I upgrade the > kernel first, to a 2.6.x kernel and test > it as another kernel option under lilo, > with Woody first? Or do I upgrade the > distro from stable to testing, first, > and then work on a 2.6.x kernel > upgrade/build? > > I suspect that the main issue is going > to be with module loading. Kernels > previous to 2.6 used (as you probably > know) the modutils program to handle > module-loading. But 2.6 series kernels > require a new program called > module-init-tools. So you'll need to > upgrade enough at least to get that > (it's packaged for Debian). I don't > think that's in stable; so you have to > either upgrade to testing, or else use a > backported package for stable. > > So if I use 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to > upgrade the distro to testing, first, > then would the dist-upgrade take care > of the modutils versus module-init-tools > issues? > > This seems to be the simplest method to > upgrade from stable to testing on a > portable. All I have to do is add these > lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list file > > <quote> > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > deb-src > http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > deb-src > http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > > deb ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > deb-src ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > deb-src > http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing > main contrib > deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > > deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > testing main contrib > > deb http://debian.rutgers.edu/ testing > main contrib > deb-src http://debian.rutgers.edu/ > testing main contrib > > deb ftp://debian.rutgers.edu/pub/ > testing main contrib > deb-src ftp://debian.rutgers.edu/pub/ > testing main contrib > <end/quote> > > and then comment out the old lines, then > issue 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. > > Note, I lifted these > /etc/apt/sources.list file from a Sarge > installation using Debian-Installer. > Maybe somebody has a better source for > the /etc/apt/sources.list entries? > > Ideas and comments are most welcome.... > > James > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
