Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread dann frazier
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 08:17:09PM +0200, Uwe Schindler wrote: > The problem with updating the aboot package is a little bit more > complicated: > > It is not enough to update the aboot package alone! You must also write the > new boot record to your HDD. So if you would add a dependency to the ke

RE: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread Uwe Schindler
The problem with updating the aboot package is a little bit more complicated: It is not enough to update the aboot package alone! You must also write the new boot record to your HDD. So if you would add a dependency to the kernel image, that needs a newer aboot, it would not help: the people to ma

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread Rodney Ross
Ok Dann I am testing on my 433au on testing/unstable dpkg -i aboot_0.9b-3+etchnhalf.1_alpha.deb dpkg -i aboot-base_0.9b-3+etchnhalf.1_all.deb Both warned of downgrading ( normal ) swriteboot -f1 /dev/sda bootlx and it boots on both: ii linux-image-2.6.24-1-alpha-generic 2.6.24-7 ii linux-image-2

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread dann frazier
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 11:02:32AM -0400, Rodney Ross wrote: > Hi Dann, > The aboot in both lenny and sid work but it is just a matter of proper > installation. > http://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2008/05/msg00028.html hey Rodney - yes, this is simply an etch backport of that same fix. > Also,

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread Rodney Ross
-Original Message- From: dann frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 02:56:32 -0600 Subject: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues etch's aboot doesn't permit booting recent 2.6 kernels. While backporting a fix for this issue, I ran i

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread Andreas Barth
Hi, * dann frazier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [080527 10:56]: > etch's aboot doesn't permit booting recent 2.6 kernels. While > backporting a fix for this issue, I ran into a couple of other build > issues that prevent etch's aboot from being rebuilt properly. > [...] Seems sensible - though of course o

Re: [stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread Tim Cutts
On 27 May 2008, at 9:56 am, dann frazier wrote: etch's aboot doesn't permit booting recent 2.6 kernels. While backporting a fix for this issue, I ran into a couple of other build issues that prevent etch's aboot from being rebuilt properly. The proposed patch for this update and more detailed

[stable] aboot - support recent kernels, fix build issues

2008-05-27 Thread dann frazier
etch's aboot doesn't permit booting recent 2.6 kernels. While backporting a fix for this issue, I ran into a couple of other build issues that prevent etch's aboot from being rebuilt properly. The proposed patch for this update and more detailed explanations are available here: http://lists.debi