Tixy,I just upgraded Sheevaplug (not the eSATA version) from Lenny to Squeeze, seems all OK.
... Setting up initramfs-tools (0.98.2) ...Installing new version of config file /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf ... Installing new version of config file /etc/initramfs-tools/update-initramfs.conf ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) Setting up linux-image-2.6.32-5-kirkwood (2.6.32-21) ... Running depmod. Running update-initramfs. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-kirkwood Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.32-5-kirkwood /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-kirkwood
... stuff deleted ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-kirkwood Generating kernel u-boot image... done. Creating backup of /boot/uImage. Creating new /boot/uImage. Generating initrd u-boot image... done. Creating backup of /boot/uInitrd. Creating new /boot/uInitrd. ... rebooted, uname -a now shows :Linux sheevaplug2 2.6.32-5-kirkwood #1 Thu Aug 26 03:31:56 UTC 2010 armv5tel GNU/Linux
So this detour: Lenny -> Squeeze apparently works. Regards, Bob Op 12-9-2010 20:18, Tixy schreef:
On Sun, 2010-09-12 at 14:15 +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote:* Tixy<debianuser@tixy.myzen.co.uk> [2010-09-12 12:00]:Trying to install Lenny didn't work either: "The installer cannot find a suitable kernel package to install."You probably didn't pass the right parameters when booting or used the wrong image.Thanks for making me look at the obvious :-) I checked my log files and you are correct, the repository argument was missing the double-quotes. This happened because I used echo from the command line to send the arguments to the sheevaplug. (Pasting text in puTTY seems to require a middle mouse button, which I don't have.) I've now booted Lenny, changed sources.list to squeeze and updated kernel and initrams-tools without problem; am busy updating everything else now...