Bug#419665: RE Bug#419665: Acknowledgement (Install from cd version 3.1 fail because kernel is removed during the process (or try to be))
Hi,
I make some test and this is what I
discover :
Because of Debian 4.0 and this major
change, the stable version remove any kernel-* and initrd. Of course because
this is obsolete with 4.0.
The matter is when you came from 3.1
(and I assume older release). Aptitude (as apt) will set as remove this
for kernel-* and initrd unless, I guess, you change source list for specific
sarge (Not Ech i.e. 4.0).
One way to run away the problem and
successfully go to 4.0 is to say Yes to the removing (I don't try a No
for this test) of initrd and the kernel-image-*. BUT you must not reboot
(No more kernel or initrd), before to do that, You must install the new
package of "linux-kernel" (note that only 2.6.* are possible,
and choose form your plateform). New package accordling to the doc begin
with "linux-image-*". aptitude will do a great job with dependencies
and install the new initraw-fs (I see wierd error appear during this phase,
the remove of my lovely Grub for this horrible Lilo. I install again my
grub). All work fine after, and I reboot. Woot, I have Etch now :)
Maybe, to make automatic install of
this new package otherwise initrd will remove and if user say Yes, the
kernel too.
Thus,
Tony
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