On Sat, 1999-09-18 14:57:50 -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Can someone tell me exactly what packages I will need to > run the 2.2.x kernel ? I know that I will need some packages > from unstable but that's ok. > > Here is what my /etc/apt/sources.lists looks like right > now : > > # Use for a local mirror - remove the ftp1 http lines for the bits > # your mirror contains. > # deb file:/your/mirror/here/debian stable main contrib non-free > # See sources.list(5) for more information, especial > # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates/ > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > deb http://www.netgod.net/ x/ > > I suppose I will have to add an entry for the unstable area like : > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > > BTW, on a somewhat related note what problems should I expect > when I start mixing up packages from unstable ? I am doing this > on my home system which is a standalone system. I use it for > doing some development and to browse the WWW and read this list. >
I did this back in July (for 2.2.10) on a slink box, and took a rather minimal route. My /etc/apt/sources.list only contained two lines: deb http://ftp.netgod.net/ x/ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free I made myself current with those sources using dselect, although apt-get would presumably have worked equally well. Note that neither unstable nor proposed-updates was necessary; netgod had taken care of the required netbase upgrade, to netbase_3.12-2_i386.deb. Compiling (using gcc-2.7.2.3) the ftp.kernel.org sources then ran fine, using the instructions in Linus's README file. After booting the 2.2.10 kernel, the following configuration problems needed attention: 1) you get harmless boot-time error messages using slink's /etc/init.d/network; the following minimal one avoids those error messages and works fine for me: ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 IPADDR=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX BROADCAST=YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY GATEWAY=ZZZ.ZZZ.ZZZ.ZZZ ifconfig eth0 $IPADDR broadcast $BROADCAST route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 1 substituting appropriate values for the addresses, of course 2) in /etc/printcap, change lp1 to lp0 If memory serves correctly, that's all you need to do. Since then I've upgraded to 2.2.12, and added deb http://security.debian.org/ stable updates deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US without any problem. Hopefully this clarifies that you don't _need_ to upgrade to unstable to enjoy the 2.2 kernel, but you do need to make some very minor configuration file changes. If I've missed anything, I hope somebody will notice and add/correct words for a more accurate description. Keith
