Re: [patch] Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac? SUCCESS!!
On Fri, Jan 07, 2005 at 12:05:07AM +0100, Christian Luijten wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 23:51 +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Notice that the fixed kernel is still only in unstable, and has not yet
> > propagated to testing, because we first need to remove the
> > kernel-patch-powerpc-2.6.8 binary package from the archive, which needs a
> > ftp-master intervention. It was already hinted, but i don't know how long it
> > will take to get it done. The reason for this is that in the latest 2.6.8
> > kernels, there is no more need for a powerpc specific patch, as it was
> > previously, but all the needed patches are directly present in the
> > kernel-source package.
> >
> > As a workaround, it is only needed to install by hand the unstable package
> > with :
> >
> > apt-get install -t unstable kernel-image-2.6.8-power4
> > (or -power4-smp more probably)
> >
> > This can be done in d-i by going to the second console and chrooting into
> > /target. If apt-get -t unstable doesn't work, you can still wget the unstable
> > kernel and dpkg -i it by hand.
>
> I did this... A little bit different but basically the same, and now I
> have a wonderful working system, perfectly suited for testing things ;).
hehe, it was you then who popped up on irc, but didn't let me time to reply to
you ? If yes, then the above was written especially for you.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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