Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:39:29PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 14:09 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk [2009-09-10 01:22]: Why? The /dev/ram* devices are not needed anymore for the early boot with 2.6 kernels, unless there is

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Ben Hutchings wrote: Is installation from floppies still supported? If so, can they be converted to using initramfs? Actually, I don't see how this can work today since ext2 is a module... Has anyone tested that these work in lenny? There are no floppy

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Lee Winter
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Ben Hutchings wrote: Is installation from floppies still supported? If so, can they be converted to using initramfs? Actually, I don't see how this can work today since ext2 is a module...

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Lee Winter wrote: So why can't all of the the lenny/squeeze installations be done with the kernel from etch or even sarge? This would seem to be completely within the jurisdiction of the installer team. Am I missing something? 1) Because it still needs to be

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl [2009-09-16 18:07]: We also have: ./config/armel/ads.cfg:11:INITRD_FS = ext2 No idea about this, although I think I saw a reply from Martin about it (specifically enabled in the armel config IIRC). We don't have a kernel for ADS in Debian, we merely provide a

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Lee Winter
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Lee Winter wrote: So why can't all of the the lenny/squeeze installations be done with the kernel from etch or even sarge? This would seem to be completely within the jurisdiction of the

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:24:00PM -0400, Lee Winter wrote: On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Ben Hutchings wrote: Is installation from floppies still supported? If so, can they be converted to using initramfs?

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Frans Pop
(No need to CC me on replies.) On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Lee Winter wrote: Nah. The whole point is to support legacy systems that are capable of _running_ the newest software, but whose peripheral suite is not adequte to _bootstrap_ the larger images. is it your belief that the

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Lee Winter
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk wrote: On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:24:00PM -0400, Lee Winter wrote: On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Ben Hutchings wrote: Is installation from floppies

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-16 Thread Lee Winter
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 1:25 PM, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: (No need to CC me on replies.) On Wednesday 16 September 2009, Lee Winter wrote: Nah. The whole point is to support legacy systems that are capable of _running_ the newest software, but whose peripheral suite is not adequte

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-14 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2009-09-11 at 14:09 +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk [2009-09-10 01:22]: Why? The /dev/ram* devices are not needed anymore for the early boot with 2.6 kernels, unless there is something fundamental I am missing this driver should become

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-11 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Ben Hutchings b...@decadent.org.uk [2009-09-10 01:22]: Why? The /dev/ram* devices are not needed anymore for the early boot with 2.6 kernels, unless there is something fundamental I am missing this driver should become modular. Apparently it used to be needed by debian-installer, but

Re: Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-09 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Sun, 2009-09-06 at 19:03 +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: Marco d'Itri wrote: Why? The /dev/ram* devices are not needed anymore for the early boot with 2.6 kernels, unless there is something fundamental I am missing this driver should become modular. Apparently it used to be needed by

Debian-installer use of initrd (was Re: CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y)

2009-09-06 Thread Ben Hutchings
Marco d'Itri wrote: Why? The /dev/ram* devices are not needed anymore for the early boot with 2.6 kernels, unless there is something fundamental I am missing this driver should become modular. Apparently it used to be needed by debian-installer, but that doesn't seem to be the case any more.