here are the codenames, Kernels, and Linux kernel versions :
Debian release Debian Linux kernel Latest Linux kernel version just before the Debian release
1.1 buzz on 17 June 1996 2.0[9][76] 2.0.14 on 6 June 1996[77]
1.2 rex on 12 December 1996 2.0.27[78] 2.0.27 on 1 December 1996[79]
1.3 bo on 5 June 1997 2.0.29, 2.0.30[80]; for 1.3.1 also 2.0.33[80] 2.0.30 on 8 April 1997[79], 2.1.42 on 29 May 1997[81]
2.0 hamm on 24 July 1998 2.0.33, 2.0.34[82] 2.0.35 on 13 July 1998[79], 2.1.110 on 21 July 1998[81]
2.1 slink on 9 March 1999 2.0.35-3, 2.0.36-3, 2.1.125-1, 2.2.1-1[83] 2.2.3 on 9 March 1999[84]
2.2 potato on 15 August 2000 2.2.16[52] 2.2.16 on 7 June 2000[84] and 2.3.99-pre9 on 23 May 2000[85]
3.0 woody on 19 July 2002 2.2.20, 2.4.18[86] 2.2.21 on 20 May 2002,[84] 2.4.18 on 25 February 2002,[87] and 2.5.26 on 16 July 2002[88]
3.1 sarge on 6 June 2005 2.4.27 and 2.6.8[89] 2.4.30 on 4 April 2005,[87] and 2.6.11.11 on 27 May 2005[90]
4.0 etch on 8 April 2007 2.6.18[54] 2.6.20.6 on 6 April 2007[90]
5.0 lenny on 14 February 2009 2.6.26[1] 2.6.28.5 on 12 February 2009[90]
squeeze
Howto from woody to sarge: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/96
Is it possible to dist-upgrade from woody to squeeze? What will be the kernel result.
epoll() issue conflit has been reported.
ISO all codenames linux:
http://mirror.debianforum.de/ #old versions
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/ # newer versions
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage # current versions
apt-get, repositories, for /etc/apt/sources.list:
http://archive.debian.org/debian/dists/ # old versions
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/ # current version
Making the ISO Netinst bootable pendrive:
wget "http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz"
Now give the following command:
# zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdX
where sdX – is your USB device name (mine is “sdc” in this tutorial)
Now it is a good idea to remove un-plug and plug back in your USB devices so that the new partition table/structure is recognized by the Linux system. I had to do this. This refreshes the drives partition table stored by udev.
Check: You can check by giving the following command:
# mount /dev/sdX /mnt/
and you should be able to see installation files like syslinux.cfg, setup.exe, etc.
Note: There is no suffix “1″ or “2″ as is /dev/sdc1 or /dev/sdc2 once you copy the boot.img.gz image. Basically there are no partitions. The partition itself is just one big disk.
Step 5: Grab a net install or business CD image
Till now we have just prepared the USB stick to boot but we still need an installation image which we can use to install Debian. You have two options:
1. Download the netinst (Net Install) ISO image of size 150-180MB from here.
or
2. Download the businesscard image of size 40 MB from here.
Step 6: Copy the downloaded image to USB stick
Now all you need to do (as a final step) is to copy the downloaded ISO image (from above step) to your USB stick. To do this give the following command:
Code:
#mount /dev/sdX /mnt
# cp <path/to/iso/image> /mnt
#umount /dev/sdX
That’s it. You have successfully created a USB installation disk which can carry anywhere with you to Install Debian Linux. Just plugin the USB stick to the computer on which you would like to install Debian Lenny and set the BIOS to boot from USB stick. No CD-ROMs required!
Happy Installing!!!