Re: Sarge AMD64 installation won't boot
On Sun, Jan 22, 2006 at 09:09:23AM -0500, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> It worked beautifully.
>
> A day or two ago, the URL seems to have changed.
> http://tinyplanet.ca/~lsorense/amd64/
> works now.
I didn't know port 81 had ever worked on that machine. It is run by one
of my friends.
> I now have an AMD64 running the 2.6.12 kernel.
>
> But:
> (1) unless I am mistaken, the 2.6.12 kernel isn't there as an installed
> package recognised bu aptitude.
If you use the installer above, it is installed as a regular package.
> (2) I don't have the 2.6.12 headers I'm going to need to compile nvidia
> drivers. Where can I find them?
The header package is on the cd image too unless I screwed up. I am
pretty sure I put it there since it seemed like it could be useful to
keep.
> (3) Or should I upgrade to 2.6.13? Looking around on the net, there
> seem to be 2.6.11 and 2.6.13 kernels, but I haven't yet found
> a 2.6.12 kernel with headers. The 2.6.13 kernel I found seems to
> have enough modifiers in its name that I'm hesitant about using it.
> Will I have to declare my system to be etch or unstable to get
> aptitude to recognise them?
Upgrading past 2.6.12 requires getting yaird or initramfstools installed
on sarge somehow. It can be done however. Yaird is not too hard to
backport.
If I have some time I may update the image to have 2.6.15 + yaird on it
soon. It will take some work though. I would probably make an i386
version at the same time if get the time.
The newer kernel is very nice, so it is probably worth the trouble.
Len Sorensen
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