Re: Kernel 2.6 on a PegasOS?
On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 10:37:23PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> > Now, do i understand it correctly that :
> >
> > 1) you used to run a 2.4.27 kernel (i wonder why, this one is no more
> > supported since early 2005 or even earlier on the pegasos).
>
> Yes. That's about when I got it. I've been trying to get a 2.6 kernel working for
> about a year or so. The kernels availible in woody/sarge didn't work, hence I had
> to upgrade to sid (2.6.17). I wasn't TO happy to be forced to upgrade to sid, but
> it wasn't that big-a-deal..
This is what i don't understand, the 2.6.8 sarge kernel is working just fine
on pegasos. Everyone is using it, so there is something bad here. When you say
: "didn't work", what where the symptoms ?
> > 2) you installed a debian 2.6.x kernel. Was it a 2.6.8 from sarge, or a more
> > recent 2.6.1[567] from etch/sid ?
>
> First the 2.6.8 from sarge which didn't work, then 2.6.1[67] from sid which both
> work (albeight the i8042/atkbd isn't loaded _with_ the kernel).
You can install those sid/etch kernel over a sarge system, you just need to
rebuild the etch/sid yaird and the backported udev from backport.org.
This is what i do myself.
> > 3) you are using initramfs-tools or yaird for generating the ramdisk (if you
> > have 2.6.1[567] that is).
>
> turbo@pegasos:~$ dpkg -l \*init\*
> [edited]
> ii initramfs-tools 0.66 tools for generating an initramfs
> ii initrd-tools 0.1.84.1 tools to create initrd image for prepackaged Linux kernel
> ii initscripts 2.86.ds1-14.1 Scripts for initializing and shutting down the system
> un linux-initramfs-tool <none> (no description available)
> un linux-initrd-tool <none> (no description available)
> ii module-init-tools 3.2.2-3 tools for managing Linux kernel modules
What about yaird ?
But i guess this means you use initramfs-tools to generate the ramdisk, and
initramfs-tools is supposed to include i8042/atkbd. Please file a bug report
abvout your issue against initramfs-tools.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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