Re: Debian Woody floppy images

[Sven L. <lu...@dp...>]

On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 10:57:22PM +0200, Michel D=E4nzer wrote:
> Giorgio Terzi wrote:
>=20
> > i think you know that i am giving my collaboration to test
> > APUS Debian Woody boot floppies with the supervision of
> > Sven Luther.
> > I think that now the tests are more than beta and i wish
> > that this software could be tested also by other APUS
> > people that uses Debian.
> > Note however that now this is still classified unstable.
> > 1st) May i upload in some manner, somewhere in
> >      Our SourceForce space this software, with the
> >      needed notes and instructions ?
>=20
> Sure go ahead! I suggest /home/groups/l/li/linux-apus/htdocs/debian/,
> preserving the Debian directory hierarchy.
>=20
> > 2nd) I have seen in Debian package lists that 2.4.4
> >      kernel .deb appeared but after a while quickly
> >      disappeared. (i however got my own copy... :))
> >     Why this?
>=20
> Probably a misunderstanding of the FTP admins. The source package was c=
alled
> kernel-patch-2.4.4-apus and there was one binary package of the same na=
me (for
> the user to build his own kernels) and another one called
> kernel-image-2.4.4-apus . I got a grave bug against the binary
> kernel-patch-2.4.4-apus package because kernel-source-2.4.4, which it d=
epended
> on, was removed. I reassigned the bug to the ftp.debian.org virtual pac=
kage so
> that this package would get removed as well, but it seems all the packa=
ges
> have been removed now. :(
>=20
> Actually, I think the bug might have been against the source package in=
 the
> first place, that would mean I didn't look well enough, shame on me.
>=20
> Anyway, I'll do my best to make sure there will be up-to-date 2.4 kerne=
l
> packages for the woody release. Speaking of this, are there any imminen=
t
> changes for 2.4.5 or can I go about making packages?
>=20
>=20
> >      I had tested it with boot_floppies and all was fine:
> >      The kernel package was correctly handled when MAKing
> >      boot floppies and also the root image loading was OK.
>=20
> Seems the move to use kernel-package for building does pay off. BTW did=
 you
> also get questions about lilo when installing kernel-image-2.4.4-apus?

This should only happen if lilo is installed on the box, should it not ?

> >      The 2 driver's images that was created was loaded
> >      correctly and was very amazing to see the (very big)
> >      list of modules that was possible to configure!
>=20
> I think a lot of modules I build won't be used by anyone, especially on=
 the
> boot-floppies, but as we're not limited space-wise, who cares? :)

:)

Friendly,

Sven Luther