Re: 2.6 kernels and CDs

2004-04-21 Thread Santiago Garcia Mantinan
> Anyway, I'm concerned that this will probably not fit on a netinst iso > image. The current netinst iso is 106 mb (that includes the existing > 2.6.5 kernel udebs; it's under 200 mb without them). To add full 2.6 > support, we would need to add a vmlinux file and an initrd for the 2.6 > kernel (3

Re: 2.6 kernels and CDs

2004-04-19 Thread Joshua Kwan
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:07:50 -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > I think the thing to do, at least on full debian CDs will be to do as we > did with 2.4 for sarge, and use isolinux to have an alternate boot > method for 2.6 ("linux26"). We're producing only isolinux initrd images > for 2.6 so far (haven't sq

Re: 2.6 kernels and CDs

2004-04-18 Thread David B Harris
On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 21:07:50 -0400 Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway, maybe it doesn't make sense to combine 2.6 and 2.4 kernels on a > netinst iso -- these isos are meant to be small and minimal download > time, and why download a kernel you won't need? Would it be ok to > produce two

2.6 kernels and CDs

2004-04-18 Thread Joey Hess
d-i is at the point where we can run the installer under a 2.6 kernel and do successful installs, at least some of the time, on i386. This will probably be important for certian hardware that is not well supported by 2.4. I think the thing to do, at least on full debian CDs will be to do as we did