On Sun, 19 Apr 2020 at 17:58, René Hopf via Emc-developers <emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> I added the EOL date of the official distros to the wiki: > http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?MinimumSoftwareVersions > Notice that only stretch and buster are not near end of life. I tried to install Buster on my mill controller to have another test system. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work. The board is fairly old, a Jetway JNF9C https://www.jetwaycomputer.com/NF9C.html The standard Buster installer goes through the first screen OK, where one chooses an install type, but then freezes (with quiet boot turned off) at the "freeing unused kernel memory" point. Both of the RTAI kernels that I have (4.14.174-rtai and 4.19.114-rtai) do slightly better[1], getting as far as a curses-style screen to choose the install language. But at that point there is no keyboard interaction possible (could be USB, but the board is new enough not to have a PS/2 port.) Or it could be that the initrd.gz from the installer is built for the 4.19.09 kernel and won't work with others. So, we might have to support Stretch a little while longer. just for me. [1] Here is how to run the installer from your own kernels on the HD, section 5.14: https://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/ch05s01.html.en#boot-initrd -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1912 _______________________________________________ Emc-developers mailing list Emc-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-developers
