On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 09:41:54AM +0900, Howland, Curtis wrote: > The tar file that contains the "base" Woody install, which is used as > the jumping off point for installation. there is no such thing. > The tar file has binary kernel, /boot, /proc and other directories, I'm > not sure exactly what the limit to its contents is. I found this out by > building a CD via the "assemble the CD image from individual .deb > packages" procedure. there is no tarball containing any of this. boot-floppies install the kernel they were built with and then run debootstrap to install the base system from the debian archive (.debs). baseX_Y.tgz is dead and has been for a long time. > As far as the change from 2.2.x to 2.4.x, if you don't think it was all > that confusing then you don't use pcmcia services. The 2.2.x kernel > modules are all still there, but they no longer work. That means that > not only do you need to find out the new modules names, you have to > ensure you don't use any of the old ones. correct i don't use pcmcia, but as i understand it pcmcia modules are obsolete in 2.4, which should save a fsckload of problems. > Seriously flawed, IMNSHO, and very confusing. It also led to a version > conflict with modutils, where I had to boot back into 2.2.x in order to > install modutils v2.4.10. I still get error messages from modutils on > both boot-up and shutdown about version conflicts and missing modules. woody will, and is of course installed with 2.4 capable modutils as for transitions of pcmcia related stuff you have to take that up with the maintainers of the relevant packages. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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