User Feedback :: 2.6 remaster



I'm fairly new to dsl, but not linux as I normally run gentoo.  I love the basic ideas of dsl, particularly the idea of extending a live distro with a writable partition, mydsl etc.  Hwoever, I do have beefy modern  hardware so pine after some of the latest and greatest.  I'm typing this on a dual opteron system using an unsupported silicon image SATA controller.  I'd like to use DSL as a rescue disk amongst other things to pull files from my server by nfs, or maybe ssh, rsync.

I'm interested to know if I could drop in a 2.6 kernel myself.  Does anyone know if the system has the correct modul-init-tools for modprobe etc.I'm fairly new to dsl, but not linux as I normally run gentoo.  I love the basic ideas of dsl, particularly the idea of extending a live distro with a writable partition, mydsl etc.  Hwoever, I do have beefy modern  hardware so pine after some of the latest and greatest.  I'm typing this on a dual opteron system using an unsupported silicon image SATA controller.  I'd like to use DSL as a rescue disk amongst other things to pull files from my server by nfs, or maybe ssh, rsync.

I'm interested to know if I could drop in a 2.6 kernel myself.  Does anyone know if the system has the correct modul-init-tools for modprobe etc.

I do understand that DSL wont go 2.6 any time soon, but since its designed to be extensible, it should be a reletively simple remaster option?

Mark

I do understand that DSL wont go 2.6 any time soon, but since its designed to be extensible, it should be a reletively simple remaster option?

Mark
It is hard to "extend" a new kernel version into a livecd.

The extension loading process happens after the kernel is already loaded up and running, so it is hard (I won't use the word "impossible" because someone will eventually figure out a way to do it) to run an upgraded kernel without a full hd install or a remastered livecd.

If you want to try DSL with a newer kernel, user tronik has already done a remaster of DSL with the 2.4.27 kernel (which has SATA support).

Search the forums for the link to his site.
Thanks cbagger01.  I may not have been clear.  In fact I note my previous post was mangled due to a bad copy paste.  Sorry.   I do understand that it would be difficult to say the least :) to load a kernel as an extension.  I was actually thinking of dropping a different kernel into the hoot image partition of my usb drive.  I suspect that even if I didnt use modules however at least the initrd and maybe modutils would have to be updated and a remaster done.  

When I referred to extensions I was just stating my reasons for wanting to stick with DSL and not find another live distro based around 2.6.  Sorry for any confusion..

DSL has great potential to bridge the livecd hdinstall worlds.

I've done a search under user tronik briefly and not found the post.  But I will try again

Thaks

Mark
Mark, Yes, you can drop in other kernels. It is not that difficult. I have several proto-types of DSL on 2.4.27 and a 2.6.11. These proto-types all have various issues from beta testors and some size issues and that is why I have not done such for general distribution. But you can, like tronik and some others, come up with something that works for your particular hardware. But this is an area that will, of course, be followed and monitored for a reliable general distribution with minimal tradeoffs. Some of the other small distros have moved forward only to fall back to a more stable and widest range of hardware support.
I searched for the link and found it.

Tronik's unofficial DSL remaster with 2.4.27 kernel (SATA support) is found here:

http://dslmirror.vectori.net/
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