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RE: Looking for: A quick how to make a deb from a (kernel) rpm

> From: bss@iguanasuicide.net
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Looking for: A quick how to make a deb from a (kernel) rpm
> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:07:01 -0600
>
> On Monday 08 February 2010 14:46:44 Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> > I thought there were also some possible trademark issues with
> > newer Xen releases, so it's possible there's some delay there as well.
>
> Bug 391935 -- Done (not an issue)

Interesting, I didn't realize Xensource felt so particular about the Xen name. I guess it shouldn't have been a surprise.

Boyd you really hit the nail on the head with regards to using Debian as a XEN Dom0 server.


Stephen Powell wrote:
>If you are satisfied with the stable system except for the kernel, and want
>a newer kernel, I suggest you try a newer kernel from
>http://www.backports.org
>Currently, there are 2.6.29 and 2.6.30 kernels available in backports.

Using the later Debian backport kernels will assist with drivers and modules but does not solve my problem with running a XEN Dom0. Thank you for the suggestion, and might I suggest that you add a walkthrough on your website for Debian users looking to use the stable Debian universal operating system with newer hardware.


Stan Hoeppner wrote: 
>> If the kernel.org kernels can work with Debian I don't see a reason why 
the SUSE kernel can not work with a Debian system either.
 
>I do.  The files available from kernel.org are source, not binary.  They are
>vanilla.  Properly configured and built, a kernel.org kernel will work with any
>distro atop.  The SuSE kernel you want is a binary, built specifically for the
>SuSE distribution.  If it's anything like the SLES/SLED kernels, it includes
>every Linux module, the kitchen sink, and the entire kitchen as well.


Agreed I never took into consideration that the package was binary rather than 
source. That said I was hoping to create a deb binary that will contain the binary
files (linux-image - /boot & /lib/modules) from the rpm and install them correctly.

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