Re: Embedded Lenny Install on PowerPC
Thanks Frans.
Wanted to make sure I understood the exact formula. Downloaded the
(older) kernel source and completed the EXTRAVERSION attribute in the
makefile. Re-compiled and I *should* be all set now.
Regards,
-jmh
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 6:39 PM, Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
> On Friday 26 September 2008, Jason Hanna wrote:
>> 'No kernel modules were found. This is probably due to a mismatch
>> between the kernel used by this version of the installer and the
>> kernel version available in the archive'
>
> This is really very simple.
>
> The 'uname -r' of the running D-I kernel must match the package name of
> module udebs, which is in general *-modules-$(uname -r)-di. And of course
> they must be ABI compatible.
>
> Note that the actual comparison is with a field in the control file of the
> udebs and not the package name. For example:
> $ dpkg -e sata-modules-2.6.26-1-amd64-di_1.46_amd64.udeb
> Package: sata-modules-2.6.26-1-amd64-di
> Source: linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6
> Version: 1.46
> Kernel-Version: 2.6.26-1-amd64
> Architecture: amd64
> [...]
>
> But of course that field will match the package name.
>
> The disadvantage of using a netboot image is that normally it will need to
> download modules from a mirror. You may be better of just including all
> modules you need in the initrd or compiling them into the kernel (if size
> limits allow). If you do that you can just ignore the error.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
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