Re: installing SATA modules
On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 01:40:16PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
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> On Saturday 10 July 2004 13:12, Thomas S wrote:
> > I would like to install sata-modules-2.6.6(or 2.6.7)-powerpc-di, but on the
> > package page
> > (http://packages.debian.org/testing/debian-installer/sata-modules-2.6.6-pow
> >erpc-di) it tells :
> >
> > ''Warning: This package is intended for the use in building
> > debian-installer images only. Do not install it on a normal Debian system''
> >
> > What does it mean exactly, that I cant't put it in Woddy ? That i can't use
> > apt (I can't verify because I had to remove Woody because of bad
> > install...problem is that I don't succeed installing Sarge on PowerPc etc.
> > etc.) ? ....
>
> Correct, you should not use this package on your system. The package is used
> exclusively to have SATA-support in the new Debian Installation system for
> Sarge.
>
> If you want SATA modules for your current system, you should probably just get
> a kernel-image package that is suitable for your system. If the
> kernel-version contains SATA support, the SATA kernel modules will probably
> be part of that package.
>
> Alternatively, you could build your own kernel from the kernel-source package
> (take a look at the package 'kernel-package').
Don't please. Let's do some woody backport of the 2.6.7 kernels instead.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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