Re: d-i and 2.6

[Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>]

[let's move this to -boot]
* Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com> [2004-03-29 09:13]:
> On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 09:06, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> > Do you know the status of Linux 2.6 and debian-installer?  Someone
> > would be interested in adding Altix support to d-i but this needs a
> > 2.6 Itanium kernel.
> 
> If you boot in expert mode on i386, it prompts you with a list of
> kernels to choose from.  I've never tried it on ia64, but at least the
> mechanism exists.
> 
> Note that this is just limited 2.6 support:  It's not setting up udev or
> hotplug, but does install discover2 anyway, which should handle most of
> what you need.

Has anyone tested a 2.6 installation yet?  Someone would be interested
in adding support for the SGI Altix, but this needs a 2.6 kernel.
-- 
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com