On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:51 +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > 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.
I did this... A little bit different but basically the same, and now I have a wonderful working system, perfectly suited for testing things ;). Thanks! Christian
