Hello,
every now and then I install Debian on new ix86 machines (Dell PowerEdge). They often have hardware which is not yet supported by the kernels of the official stable Debian release 3.0r1. So far I was using an unofficial "stable" netinst boot CD to install the OS. I also tried a few testing CDs (official and unofficial, downloaded using jigdo), but without success: segfaults when selecting keyboard layout, etc.
What I'd like to have is a bootable Debian CD with a recent kernel and a working setup program. What's the easiest way to get / create such a CD?
Download Knoppix. It has a 2.4.22 kernel, chroot and debootstrap. You can then do a chroot install:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-linux-upgrade http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DebianChrootInstall
You can get stable and then drop the latest 2.4 kernel in there.
HTH,
-Roberto
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