Re: etch network install iso images with latest kernel version 2.6.x
On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 17:18 -0500, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote:
At the beginning of the year there was a 150 MB file on Debian.org
to create a network installation CDROM for etch. I can't find that
anymore although I did find the multiple iso images.
I was interested in the etch network CDROM because it contained
one of the latest kernels at the time, 2.6.12. Perhaps an update would
have an even later version?
A hint at getting thru the maze would be helpful. BTW, has a
Greg Folkert replied on Fri, 12 May 2006 00:26:37 -0400:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/
daily-builds
weekly-builds
Or even etch_di_beta2
Just follow down. I wouldn't use the sid_di
I managed to find the etch 2 beta net installation iso file and created a CDROM which would have the 2.6.15 kernel. Would this 'update' my new box if I install over the first beta? Since I don't have any data on the new box that I need to keep. (I'm doing my email, etc. on this old box, Gcomm.), I thought that this would be a quick and dirty way to upgrade the kernel without bothering with how to go from a mkinitrd kernel to one using either yaird or intraramfs(sp?) tools or whatever magic is currently being used.
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(Mr.) Gayle Lee Fairless, http://counter.li.org/, No. 365760.
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