want kernel-headers on install CD
When making a Debian distribution CD image, please include the
kernel-headers package for each kernel-image package on the CD.
I recently installed Debian from a Woody distribution mini-CD on two
Dell Dimensions that had unsupported video and ethernet hardware. After
the Debian install, I had to also install driver source and compile
modules for these two devices. Compiling the drivers required installed
kernel-headers. This was difficult because they were not on the install
CD. And even more difficult because I couldn't fetch them over the
network until I had installed the missing network driver.
So, it would ease that initial installation in some cases if
kernel-headers were always available along with the kernel image.
< Stephen
P.S, I hope this is the right list. It wasn't clear to me whether I
should post here or on debian-cd.
The missing drivers are for the Broadcom BCM4401 integrated ethernet and
for the Intel 845G integrated graphics chipset. The 845G is supported
in XFree86 4.3.0.
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