Package: release-notes Version: sarge Severity: normal Lately in the debian-user mailing list there have been a number of problem reports from users upgrading from Woody to Sarge. They often have trouble converting from the linux 2.4.18-bf24 kernel to a modular kernel such as 2.6.8-2-686 due to missing drivers in the new modular kernel. Recommending to them to install the discover and hotplug packages usually solves their problems.
The pertinent release notes are here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#s-upgrade-to-2.6 Please add a suggestion that users install the discover and hotplug packages. I believe this would help users significantly. Here is some suggested prose: Users upgrading from a non-modular bootstrapping linux kernel such as the Woody installer boot-floppies 2.4.18-bf24 kernel may need to specify driver modules to be loaded for their hardware when upgrading to the newer moduler 2.6 series kernel. The 'discover' and 'hotplug' packages are useful to detect hardware and to automatically load the required modules. It is recommended to install those packages prior to upgrading to a linux 2.6 kernel. The 'udev' package is also useful in conjunction with the linux 2.6 kernel the /dev directory. But see the warnings below in the section "Switching to 2.6 may activate udev" for more detail. Bob -- Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.proulx.com/~bob/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
