Updating the kernel version on the Debian 5.0 installer

Jamon Camisso jamon.camisso-H217xnMUJC0sA/PxXw9srA at public.gmane.org
Wed May 6 21:28:07 UTC 2009


William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 04:40:10PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
>> On Wed, May 06, 2009 at 04:07:04PM -0400, Madison Kelly wrote:
>>>   I've got a shiny new box I am assembling as a server. It's an Intel  
>>> DQ45EK system board using an Xeon E3110 CPU. Joy!
> 
>> The simplest option is to download the full cd 1 and install from that
>> without networking, then get the 2.6.29 kernel from unstable and install
>> that, then install everything else you need by network.
>>
>> The other option is to add a temporary PCI network card that is supported,
>> install, then upgrade the kernel, then remove the temp card.
>>
>> Both methods will take a lot less time than trying to make a custom
>> installer.  I have done that, and it is a pain in the ass.
> 
> I would second Lennart's suggestion, with one caveat.  I put in a
> temporary PCI NIC in a machine I bought, and never got around to
> updating the kernel to use the onboard NIC :-)
> 
> Someone once said that makeshifts last the longest.  Stonehenge was
> probably the temporary observatory until they got the new one built :-)

If you can boot USB, it isn't as bad as it sounds to use a custom 
kernel. See:
http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/FAQ#Q.3AHowdoIuseacustomkernel.3F

Jamon
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