sarge upgrade and preempt kernel

[David Mulcahy <mail.davidm@googlemail.com>]

Hello All

Just did a sarge -> etch upgrade. 

Aptitude update , upgrade complained about libfam0 problems and stopped.

apt-get worked.  Although I have in the passed disabled inet using the 
documentation on securing debian howto and this seemed to cause problems with 
the upgrade netbase-inetd stopped with errors and caused ppp, pppconfig, 
cupsys  to fail to configure.  Installing openbsd-inet cured that problem.


I had upgraded because I wanted a preemptive kernel just to find it isnt 
preemptive.  Is there likely to be a preemptive kernel available when etch is 
ready.  I know I can compile it myself, I just feel there is a need for it to 
be ready and available out of the box straight from install.  Obviously I 
will compile one myself but for newcomers they may look elsewhere, which 
would be a shame.

On my hardware a fully functional desktop is still a problem (eg music and 
video) without a preemptive kernel so if debian is aiming at this sector then 
a preempt kernel would be most welcome.

Thanks Dave

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