On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:03:30 +0000 Neil Williams <codehelp@debian.org> wrote: > The issue can be worked around, as described in the bug report, but you > will likely find that there isn't a suitable kernel for your device > available to the installer for Squeeze. The reason for that, btw, is that vanilla Debian kernel packages have to be VERY LARGE - the typical Squeeze kernel installs to 100Mb whereas the typical customised kernel build will be 2.3Mb installed with 6-12Mb of modules. It completely defeats the point of installing an Emdebian Grip base system if the kernel package consumes *more* space than is saved by switching to Emdebian Grip in the first place. Also, Emdebian needs to support systems which put the kernel into a separate partition, systems which use a "rescue environment" kernel, systems which don't use initramfs and boards which don't have bootloader packages. Debian kernels have to cope with everything, Emdebian installs are much, much more specialised for a specific board. Just because we've made some ISO's available as an experiment, it does not mean that the ISO's are 'useful' for average installations or for more than as a test environment. I've got some plans for fixing the immediate problem but how to get Debian Installer to use embedded kernels is a harder problem. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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