Re: Re: iso image with linux 2.6.18

[Vytautas <vytautas@javy-labs.com>]

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:45:04 -0700, mess-mate <mess-mate@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Vytautas Jakutis <vytautas@javy-labs.com> wrote:
> | Hello, Debian users!
> |
> | On Asus P5B Deluxe, whose main storage controller is JMicron JMB363,  
> all my
> | storage devices are not available to current debian installers with  
> kernel
> | 2.6.17. The controller is expected to work only on kernel 2.6.18. This
> | kernel is currently in Unstable dist. But only Testing images are daily
> | built.
> |
> | Did I miss some repo with the unstable isos? How long it will take for
> | 2.6.18 to switch to Testing? I have tried to build my custom iso
> | (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianCustomCD/), but I didn't manage to make  
> it
> | right..
> |
> I've installed that kernel a few minutes ago, without any problem on
> my sarge.
> Get the 2.6.18 kernel from kernel.org and compile it with make-kpkg.
> best regards
>
> mess-mate

Well, I've also installed that kernel on my old machine. But the problem  
is that I can't stand WindowsXP on my new box with P5B: I can't setup  
linux, because the installer (latest, with linux2.6.17) detects no  
sata/ide hdds, no ide cdroms.

* I tried to build the debian installer based on 2.6.18, but at least one  
udeb module is not yet prepared for that kernel (eg. acpi-modules).
* I tried to boot IDE HDD from my old box, but it ended up with Grub Error  
21 (I'd solve this, if only I knew the device mappings, hd's, md's..)

Can anybody tell how many months will I have to wait for those new udebs?  
I guess Virtualization on Windows now is the only possible way to run  
linux..

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Vytautas