On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:05:07AM +0100, Christian Luijten wrote: > 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 ;).
hehe, it was you then who popped up on irc, but didn't let me time to reply to you ? If yes, then the above was written especially for you. Friendly, Sven Luther
