On 03/21/2009 10:38 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 04:40:51PM -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: >> On 03/20/2009 02:21 PM, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: >> > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:00:37PM +0300, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: >> >> > The short answer is that there isn't really an active powerpc porter >> >> > working on the installer. That's why your bug report is unanswered. >> >> > I'm copying Wouter Verhelst who indicated some interest in helping >> >> > with the powerpc port. >> >> >> >> I own a lot of PPC/Cell hardware, including a couple of PS3's. >> >> I'll have a look on the issue. >> > >> > Geoff, could you please test this image: >> > http://people.debian.org/~wart/ps3/mini.iso >> >> I tested this image and could do a complete install using >> Ethernet with the resulting notes below. I did not try >> to install over wireless. >> >> 1) At boot there were some kernel I/O errors about /dev/sr0. > > That is the BD drive. Did you have a disc in the drive at that point? > If so, what kind of disc?
The mini.iso installer, a CD-ROM. >> 2) During the HD setup I had some warning dialogs. One about >> HPFS, and one about a PREP partition. I answered 'No' to both >> and continued. >> >> 3) I got a warning 'No installable kernel was found in the >> defined APT sources'. I answered 'Yes' (no install) and >> continued. > > The correct installer is chosen based on a set of rules for the > subsystem. I'm assuming that there's no rule for PS3 here. Similar > things are true for the partitioner. Afterward I could install the debian 2.6.26 kernel using apt-get, and then a manual entry in yaboot.conf. It booted and worked OK, so it seems we just need a slight change here to get it installed. >> 4) I needed to manually select to not install a bootloader. >> No yaboot.conf was installed, so I needed to create one manually. > > Hrm. Does the PS3 boot with yaboot? If so, you should have been able to > select yaboot, and have it be installed to the system. That should also > have created your yaboot.conf. PS3 uses petitboot (http://ozlabs.org/~jk/projects/petitboot/). It is a kexec based bootloader which can read kboot.conf and yaboot.conf files. Due to the way the PS3 boots, the user must install a bootloader to flash memory before they can load a distro's installer. I'll try the yaboot install and see what happens. Is it possible to arrange for the installer to just create the yaboot.conf without installing yaboot? -Geoff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
