Re: Woody(2.4.21) Sarge(2.6x)

[James <james@buffer.net>]

Arjen Verweij wrote:
> 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.

OK, I'm going to give this a shot.

thanks for the info.

James



> 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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