Bug#361180: Debian installer doesn't install kernel
On Mon, Apr 10, 2006 at 11:55:26PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> Please do not reply to all. I had set a correct reply-to header for my
> previous mail. In general: please only reply to the bug report
> (xxxxxx@bugs.debian.org).
OK.
>
> On Monday 10 April 2006 23:36, Jack Carroll wrote:
> > I don't see any particular reason why an
> > installer shouldn't run under a 2.4 kernel, but is there a reason why
> > floppy installers and CD installers use different kernels?
>
> Reason is that so far we've not been able to fit a 2.6 kernel and
> everything else we absolutely need on a floppy. Work is in progress at
> the moment to make that happen though.
> The reason that the builds for the boot floppy are currently broken is
> that just before Beta2 a new libc made the image too large even with the
> 2.4 kernel.
It sounds as though further testing with the floppies won't be
useful until that's solved. Do you want to let me know when I can help
again?
I'll shift effort into the 2.6 kernel problem I uncovered.
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