Thank-you for this information. I have finally had a chance to remove gentoo and give this a try.
http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/release-notes/ap-kernel-upgra de-howto.en.html I verified the installation of aptitude (woody version) I verified that no packages were broken, unconfigured or pending in dpkg I have altered my sources.list with the suggested repository I have installed modutils (successful, but: **Unresolved Symbols in /lib/modules/2.2.20/fs/hfs.o) Cannot install initrd-tools as it is expecting cramfsprogs (>= 1.1-4) Cannot install cramfsprogs as it is expecting zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) zlib1g has the libc6 issue again..... I will continue to review the documentation, and attempt to understand where I am going wrong. Thank-you Shaun -----Original Message----- From: Jurij Smakov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:25 PM To: Shaun Prince Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: RE: sparc32 problems with libc6 and 2.4 kernel On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Shaun Prince wrote: > Thanks for the advice. I have determined that the problem was initrd. > Using vanilla-sources, I have compiled a initrd-free 2.4.32-r4 kernel > using a gentoo tftpboot image (4hrs compile time, 2MB unzipped). This > kernel works excellent with debian/unstable and runs really nice on my > Quad CPUs. > > I have tried to start with woody and slowly 'evolve' my distro with no > success. Woody -> sarge, sid or etch; sarge (by itself); ect.. process > of elimination =) I have tried all of the available tftpboot and floppy > boot images found at http.us.debian.org looking for a solution. This is a known issue. Because of the libc and kernel circular dependency we had to formulate a special upgrade procedure for sparc. It is documented in the Sarge release notes for sparc: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en .html http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/sparc/release-notes/ap-kernel-upgra de-howto.en.html Best regards, Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
