Package: linux-2.6 Version: 2.6.15-5 Severity: important On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 05:46:01PM -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote: > On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 01:51:45AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > > As of two days ago, the debian-installer svn tree has been switched to use > > Linux 2.6.15 exclusively on alpha, instead of the previous 2.4.27. This > > means that with the most recent daily builds, all installer images for alpha > > are using 2.6 kernels *only*, and the current plan is that d-i beta2 will be > > the same. If you haven't tried 2.6 on your alpha yet, now would be a good > > time so you can let us know if it doesn't work before we drop 2.4 for etch > > completely. > Tried the netinstall CD from 02/07/06 on LX164, and found the following: > 1. installer used 2.6.15 kernel with LEGACY_START option > 2. installed kernel 2.4.27 with LEGACY_START option > Neither of those will boot on DS15/DS25/ES45 (among others) because of > the LEGACY_START. > AFAIK, all SRM console machines will boot kernels without LEGACY_START. > Only MILO-based machines require LEGACY_START. Yep, we're all in agreement that LEGACY_START should be disabled in the standard image flavor, and even that this should have been done a while ago; and that a new "legacy" flavor (name TBD) should be added for MILO systems requiring the different load address. Opening a reminder bug, as discussed with Norbert on IRC. :) -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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