Re: Question regarding kernel policy: Why ext2 as module?]
On Mon, 2004-07-26 at 20:32, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 25, 2004 at 10:48:57PM +1000, Andree Leidenfrost wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-07-20 at 18:34, Francesco P. Lovergine wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 08:15:56AM +1000, Andree Leidenfrost wrote:
> > > > As an aftertought: Im asking this because I am after a method that will
> > > > work for *all* kernels in Debian not just 2.6.6. Rather than trying them
> > > > all out I was hoping you could tell me.
> > > >
> > > AFAIK debian 2.4 has not initramfs support.
> > >
> > Right. Thanks for letting me know.
> >
> > I've done more testing and it looks like 2.6.6 and 2.6.7 are fine but
> > prior 2.6 kernels are not. I presume they don't have the patch applied
> > that fixes the root parameter issue (cf. the message link I gave
> > earlier). Will this be fixed you think or will older 2.6 kernels maybe
> > be pulled from the archive prior to the Sarge release?
> >
>
> We will release probable 2.6.7 only if every arch will be ok with that.
Fair enough. So, older 2.6 kernel will be purged before the Sarge
release? If not, do you think it would be reasonable for to file bugs
against < 2.6.6 kernels about the initrd/cpio/root issue?
> > As a side note, thanks to your help, there are now MondoRescue packages
> > for the first time that will work off stock Debian kernels. (Not in
> > Debian yet but at the URL I gave in my first posting.)
> >
>
> Nice to know, mondo-mindi had problems of licensing, due to bin-only
> packages for the rescue system. Do those package manage things
> correctly?
Well, check out the packages and see for yourself! Or, alternatively,
take my word for it: Yes. ;-)
> --
> Francesco P. Lovergine
Best regards
Andree
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Andree Leidenfrost
Sydney - Australia
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