On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 10:47:12AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > > As of two days ago, the debian-installer svn tree has been switched to use > > Linux 2.6.15 exclusively on alpha, instead of the previous 2.4.27. This > > means that with the most recent daily builds, all installer images for alpha > > are using 2.6 kernels *only*, and the current plan is that d-i beta2 will be > > the same. If you haven't tried 2.6 on your alpha yet, now would be a good > > time so you can let us know if it doesn't work before we drop 2.4 for etch > > completely. > The installer runs 2.6, but it still installs the 2.4 kernel, and the > 2.4 kernel is the only kernel on the alpha CD. Is this something you > plan to fix later, or something you missed? Something that occurred to me after I sent the mail. :) > (I have the necessary changes to debian-cd to make it put on the 2.6 > kernels in my WC, but it also needs base-installer changes.) Are there other base-installer changes that need to be made besides the ones fjp already committed to teach kernel/alpha.sh about the 2.6 flavor? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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