Re: any chance of a 486 kernel in the grip repository?
On Tuesday 17 March 2009, Neil Williams wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:42:34 +0000
>
> David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com> wrote:
> > > David Goodenough <david.goodenough@btconnect.com> wrote:
> > > > I am trying to install grip on an Geode SC1100 based board, and those
> > > > processors will not take a 686 kernel. Any change of a 486 kernel
> > > > in the repository?
> > >
> > > What is the actual package name that you need?
> >
> > It would be linux-image-2.6.28-1-486. The only one there is
> > linux-image-2.6.28-1-686.
>
> Added.
>
> http://www.emdebian.org/grip/search.php?arch=i386&distro=sid&package=linux-
>image-2.6.28-1-486
>
> There isn't much effect of gripping a kernel, but it is important that
> the kernel package is available for installations etc. For other
> situations, you can always use a Debian kernel with minimal change in
> the package size.
Thank you. I guessed that kernels were not very gripable, but I hesitated
to add the normal Debian repository to sources.list in case it had any
other side effects. I guess I would download it and dpkg -i instead.
David
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