Re: Debian installer with a newer kernel

2022-04-14 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2022-04-14 at 11:18 -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I think it would be great to provide such a (semi-)official support > > for > > backported kernels in the installer again. There is probably a > > significant number of users which use testing, just because they > > can't > > install sta

Re: Debian installer with a newer kernel

2022-04-14 Thread Christian Britz
Thank you for your good hints, Andrew. My approach is different. I am in the lucky position that the question is of theoretical interest to me this time only, in the past I had cases where I had to use testing, because the kernel of the installer was too old to support basic functions of my hardwa

Re: Debian installer with a newer kernel

2022-04-14 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 11:16:00AM +0200, Christian Britz wrote: > Hello dear Debianists, > > if a new system has at least basic hardware support by the kernel > provided by the Debian installer, you can solve many hardware problems > by installing a newer kernel from backports after the system se