Re: Debian-edu/Skolelinux and Edubuntu cooperation
fredag 13. mai 2005, 17:30, skrev Gavin McCullagh:
> On Fri, 13 May 2005, Gjermund Skogstad wrote:
> > I totally agree with the argument that no novice might be expected to
> > tweak the installer to support new hardware. However I do oppose the
> > notion that the installer can't do so.
> > Why can't the installer (on the cd) seek trough a predefined repository
> > on the Internet for new versions of it self? And if found, download it an
> > initialise it in it's own place?
>
> Would this be practical if the cd installer didn't have:
>
> - network card support (almost certainly not)
no.
> - disk controller support (very doubtful)
If there was an updated version of the installer which knew of the (until now)
undetected disc controller, it would. If not it wouldn't. (The installer
don't need to mount any harddrives to do these operations, as long as the
kernel supports the cdrom.)
As long as we deliver Skolelinux / debian-edu with one spesific version of the
kernel for installation purpouses, it's relatively easy to supply
kernel-modules for this sort of "update on the fly". This does of cource
imply that the new installer allso downloads any new kernel-modules it needs
to implement the newly discovered recources (be it harddrive or some other
stuff). AFAIK Linux supports loading of "foreign-compiled" kernel modules as
long as they are built on the same exact version of kernel source, and this
was supported from 2.4 upwards?
> - video card support (probably)
Same goes for this one ...
Please correct me if I'm wrong, especially since I've not yet made many builds
of 2.6 yet (my trusty old "polaris", which is the iron I've so far needed to
build drivers into kernel for production causes, is still ticking on
2.4-something :)
--
Regards
Gjermund Skogstad
(http://www.linuxfolk.net)
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