Sven Luther declared on Tuesday 25 October 2005 06:03 am: > Hello, > > I just uploaded 2.6.14-rc5 packages to experimental, which are a test > run before 2.6.14 gets released and the corresponding packages go to > unstable. Since they are NEW i have made them available under : > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5 > > And apt-gettable at : > > deb http://http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5/ ./ > deb-src http://http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5/ ./ > > Those are only powerpc packages now, but i send this mail in hopes > that : > > 1) powerpc users use them and test them out, with either yaird or > initramfs-tools (but beware #335264 which will be fixed in -9).
When I try to install, I get this as a result: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: linux-doc-2.6.14 linux-source-2.6.14 The following NEW packages will be installed: linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/15.7MB of archives. After unpacking 47.5MB of additional disk space will be used. WARNING: The following packages cannot be authenticated! linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc Install these packages without verification [y/N]? y Selecting previously deselected package linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc. (Reading database ... 15120 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc (from .../linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc_2.6.13+2.6.14-rc5-0experimental.1_powerpc.deb) ... You are attempting to install an initrd kernel image (version 2.6.14-rc5-powerpc) while running a kernel of version 2.4.27-powerpc, but you have no suitable ramdisk generation tool installed among /usr/sbin/mkinitrd /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs. This will break the installation, unless a suitable ramdisk generation tool is also being installed right now. Could not find . at /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst line 228. Setting up linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc (2.6.13+2.6.14-rc5-0experimental.1) ... Failed to find suitable ramdisk generation tool for kernel version 2.6.14-rc5-powerpc on running kernel 2.4.27-powerpc in /usr/sbin/mkinitrd /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: linux-image-2.6.14-rc5-powerpc E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I've got yaird installed: -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 28426 Aug 15 10:51 /usr/sbin/mkinitrd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1940 Sep 11 23:30 /usr/sbin/mkinitrd.yaird Anything obvious I'm doing wrong? Contents of my /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.uwsg.indiana.edu/linux/debian testing main non-free contrib deb http://people.debian.org/~luther/2.6.14-rc5/ ./ Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCAC --- http://www.rcac.purdue.edu/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
