Re: The future of the amd64 port

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> writes:

> Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> Can we list the amd64.debian.net mirrors as sarge only and the debian
>> mirrors as etch/sid? Not sure if the Master file had that info.
>
> The sarge installer contains a copy (or 2) of the mirror list, so
> changing Mirrors.masterlist for etch will not affect sarge, aside from
> needing to be careful that any new versions of the sarge packages avoid
> downloading the updated list.
>
> (Remember to cc me.)

Unfortunately a lot of current amd64 hardware won't work with a 2.6.8
kernel. A lot of people have been forced to use the etch installer and
then point it at sarge in choose-mirror.

That is what we were refering too.

MfG
        Goswin