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Re: goals for next release



Andre Luis Lopes wrote:
> One question : Is SATA support available only in d-i kernels or is it
> also available in the stock Debian kernels ? I searched for SATA in
> kernel-image-2.4.24's changelog and README.Debian and did not found
> anything (and I'm using one i386 arch).
> 
> I think that SATA support needs to be available in stock Debian kernels or
> else users won't be able to boot their machines after the installation
> as it seems that a normal kernel-image (not a d-i kernel) is installed
> after the usual install process.
> 
> Evidently, I'm not in a position to provide patches to any of these
> items as I have only limited knowledgment, which can be used to help as a
> translator and not as a developer, but I would be glad if d-i would
> release with all these features available :-)

The same kernel is used for install and installed system, barring only
variations for processor optimisations. I have heard that 2.4.24 has
improved SATA support, and i386 is on 2.4.24 as of today or tomorrow.

-- 
see shy jo

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