Neil, thank for your help On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 3:46 AM, Neil Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:03:30 +0000 > Neil Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The issue can be worked around, as described in the bug report, but you > > will likely find that there isn't a suitable kernel for your device > > available to the installer for Squeeze. > > The reason for that, btw, is that vanilla Debian kernel packages have > to be VERY LARGE - the typical Squeeze kernel installs to 100Mb whereas > the typical customised kernel build will be 2.3Mb installed with 6-12Mb > of modules. > > It completely defeats the point of installing an Emdebian Grip base > system if the kernel package consumes *more* space than is saved by > switching to Emdebian Grip in the first place. > > Also, Emdebian needs to support systems which put the kernel into a > separate partition, systems which use a "rescue environment" kernel, > systems which don't use initramfs and boards which don't have > bootloader packages. > > Debian kernels have to cope with everything, Emdebian installs are > much, much more specialised for a specific board. > > Just because we've made some ISO's available as an experiment, it does > not mean that the ISO's are 'useful' for average installations or for > more than as a test environment. I've got some plans for fixing the > immediate problem but how to get Debian Installer to use embedded > kernels is a harder problem. > > -- > > > Neil Williams > ============= > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/ > >
