On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 09:52:47AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Petter Reinholdtsen] > > The base-installer in cvs chooses kernel image using the > > debian-installer/kernel/image template from rootskel. I'm woundering > > how I am supposed to set up my install CD to use another kernel. > > Could anyone explain how this is supposed to adapt? One do not want > > to install the same kernel version when installing woody, sarge and > > sid. > > > > There used to be some code in base-installer to choose kernel based in > > distribution and architecture. Now the code in rootskel only chooses > > based in architekture (and is missing a defaul value, I suggest the > > virtual package kernel-image. See patch). The kernel choosing logic > > should be able to pick the best kernel available. Any ideas on how to > > do this? > > I got no reply, but have been thinking about the problem. Now that > base-installer and kernel-installer is two different packages, there > is a simple solution to this problem. > > We make a new udeb, kernel-chooser, depending on rootskel and the > packages setting mirror/distribution, and set kernel-installer to > depend on kernel-chooser. > > This now package kernel-chooser will look at the current architecture, > distribution and possibly /proc/cpuinfo, and choose the best kernel > among the packages implementing the virtual package kernel-image. The > name of the kernel is stored into debian-installer/kernel/image and > the correct package is installed by kernel-installer. Any objections?
So it would eliminate having to choose the right flavor or subarchitecture? That would make everybody's lives MUCH simpler. 99% of people using computers don't understand what the word architecture means, much less which one the box in front of them represents. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
