On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:41:18PM +0100, Christian T. Steigies wrote: > Hi Frans, dear gazillions of m68k users, > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 10:01:53PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > > On Monday 04 February 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > > > The required patches for the installer are attached. I have successfully > > > tested them using a custom built netinst CD that had both the 2.6.18 and > > > 2.6.22-686 kernels on it. > > > > The needed changes to D-I have now all been uploaded. > > > > > - There has as yet been no discussion about exactly which "Etch + Lenny > > > D-I" CD images to create and exactly what should be included on them. > > > > I have just discussed this on #debian-cd with Sledge, and we've come up with > > the following (rather brilliant) proposal. > > > > Architectures > > ============= > > Most architectures just do not have the type of hardware changes that will > > prevent a user from installing with 2.6.18 and then upgrading to 2.6.24 > > after the installation, so for those new installation CDs that use and > > install the new kernels are really not needed. > > > > We therefore propose to _only_ create "etchnhalf" installation CDs for: > > - i386 > > - amd64 > > - any other architectures for which a porter replies to this mail and can > > demonstrate that some hardware that is not supported with the regular > > Etch update, would be supported with the etchnhalf images > > > > Images > > ====== > > We don't really want to create a huge number of extra image and certainly > > not additional full sets. Not only would that waste mirror space, but too > > many different images will also just confuse users. > > > > Solution we propose is that we only create a netinst image with the > > etchnhalf installer and kernels. However, this netinst image will be > > modified in such a way that it can be used as "CD 0" of the regular updated > > Etch full CD and DVD sets. > > This idea makes use of the fact that the D-I Beta1 installer will offer to > > scan additional CDs if the installation CD is part of a set. > > > > Nice extra is that this also means that the "etchnhalf netinst" could even > > be used in combination with Etch CD/DVD sets from previous (point) > > releases. > > > > > > Note that users of _all_ arches will have the option of using Lenny Beta1 > > netboot images to install Etch with the "etchnhalf" kernels. > > > > Comments welcome. > > > > Cheers, > > FJP > > I wonder if we should request support for m68k? 2.6.24 may be the last > kernel for a while that supports SCSI drivers for m68k, many important > drivers have been removed in 2.6.25, so this may be a kernel we will have to > stick with for a while. Now m68k is not officially supported by etch, can it > be supported by etch+1/2? Is there an arch that doesn't work with 2.6.22, but does work with 2.6.24? If not, there's no point in special etch+1/2. You can upgrade the kernel after installation. Peace, Stephen -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're not doing it right! <stephen@marenka.net>
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