On Fri, 2012-06-01 at 20:28 -0500, Steve Karg wrote: > Hi Jonathan, > > > Friendly ping. :) The 3.x.y kernel from sid or squeeze-backports > > should work fine on a squeeze system. The only packages needed from > > outside squeeze to try it are the kernel image itself, linux-base, and > > initramfs-tools. > > I used linux-image-3.2.0-2-486 from unstable, but had to update dpkg, > local, debconf to get it to install. After reboot, I got a kernel > panic: > http://i.imgur.com/qSJBZ.jpg Looks like you didn't get an initramfs. > I think it might be better if I just test this 3c59x ethernet card on > this laptop > using a fresh install unless you have a better suggestion on making > the 3.2 kernel work on this lenny laptop. Right, you need to update various other packages to at least the 'squeeze' versions before installing a kernel package that's meant for 'wheezy'. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The obvious mathematical breakthrough [to break modern encryption] would be development of an easy way to factor large prime numbers. - Bill Gates
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