Re: Woody(2.4.21) Sarge(2.6x)
http://www.backports.org/debian/dists/woody/module-init-tools/
Now you can try 2.6 with woody :) No need to upgrade to sarge if you don't
want to.
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, James wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I already have a portable(Prostar 8880
> x86) running woody (stable) with several
> kernel options, the latest being 2.4.21.
>
> If I want to upgrade to Sarge(testing)
> and a 2.6.x kernel, do I upgrade the
> kernel first, to a 2.6.x kernel and test
> it as another kernel option under lilo,
> with Woody first? Or do I upgrade the
> distro from stable to testing, first,
> and then work on a 2.6.x kernel
> upgrade/build?
>
> I suspect that the main issue is going
> to be with module loading. Kernels
> previous to 2.6 used (as you probably
> know) the modutils program to handle
> module-loading. But 2.6 series kernels
> require a new program called
> module-init-tools. So you'll need to
> upgrade enough at least to get that
> (it's packaged for Debian). I don't
> think that's in stable; so you have to
> either upgrade to testing, or else use a
> backported package for stable.
>
> So if I use 'apt-get dist-upgrade' to
> upgrade the distro to testing, first,
> then would the dist-upgrade take care
> of the modutils versus module-init-tools
> issues?
>
> This seems to be the simplest method to
> upgrade from stable to testing on a
> portable. All I have to do is add these
> lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list file
>
> <quote>
>
> deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
> deb-src
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
>
> deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
> deb-src
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
>
> deb ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
> deb-src ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
>
> deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
> deb-src
> http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
>
> deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing
> main contrib
> deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
>
> deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
> deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
> testing main contrib
>
> deb http://debian.rutgers.edu/ testing
> main contrib
> deb-src http://debian.rutgers.edu/
> testing main contrib
>
> deb ftp://debian.rutgers.edu/pub/
> testing main contrib
> deb-src ftp://debian.rutgers.edu/pub/
> testing main contrib
> <end/quote>
>
> and then comment out the old lines, then
> issue 'apt-get dist-upgrade'.
>
> Note, I lifted these
> /etc/apt/sources.list file from a Sarge
> installation using Debian-Installer.
> Maybe somebody has a better source for
> the /etc/apt/sources.list entries?
>
> Ideas and comments are most welcome....
>
> James
>
>
>
>
>
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