Re: updated kernel problem

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 07:23:06PM +0100, Joss Winn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone else noticed that an upgrade of apt sources on 19/06/03
> introduced a new kernel vmlinuz-2.4.20-powerpc.  This doesn't boot
> on my ppc sid system and the only way I could think of to make my
> iMac bootable was to start from the install CDs and install the
> 2.4.18 kernel.
> 
> The new kernel looks a lot smaller than the default woody one, too:
> 
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         3490 Jun 20 18:32 vmlinux-2.4.18-newpmac
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root         1221 Jun 19 12:14 vmlinuz-2.4.20-powerpc
> 
> I've looked in the uk debain ftp repository and I can't see a 2.4.20
> ppc kernel image there at all.
> 
> Can anyone explain this?

Fixed packages can be fount at :

http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc

or at the apt source, once i have finished uploading and created the
packages file :

deb http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc ./

Could someone with pmac hardware test them and confirm that they work
before i upload ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther