On Sun, Dec 26, 2004 at 06:24:19PM -0800, shyamal wrote: > > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> We worked out some missing patches in the debian kernel for > Sven> support of newer kernels with benh, well, benh sent me the > Sven> needed patches, and i added it to the debian upcoming > > Hi Sven, > > Thanks for the update. I'll be happy to assist in testing if you need > a volunteer with a PowerMac7,3 dual G5. I'm looking forward to > testing the new d-i for my final installation.
Notice that the fixed kernel is still only in unstable, and has not yet propagated to testing, because we first need to remove the kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8 binary package from the archive, which needs a ftp-master intervention. It was already hinted, but i don't know how long it will take to get it done. The reason for this is that in the latest 2.6.8 kernels, there is no more need for a powerpc specific patch, as it was previously, but all the needed patches are directly present in the kernel-source package. As a workaround, it is only needed to install by hand the unstable package with : apt-get install -t unstable kernel-image-2.6.8-power4 (or -power4-smp more probably) This can be done in d-i by going to the second console and chrooting into /target. If apt-get -t unstable doesn't work, you can still wget the unstable kernel and dpkg -i it by hand. Friendly, Sven Luther
