* Uwe Kleine-Koenig <u.kleine-koe...@pengutronix.de> [1970-01-01 01:46]: > Image version: > http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-armhf/current/images/mx5/netboot/efikamx/uI{mage,nitrd} > Date: 2013-05-03 > > Machine: Freescale i.MX53 LOCO > > Comments/Problems: > > * I booted the efika kernel+initrd on my Loco board. I had to overwrite the > uImage's load address because the i.MX53 on the Loco doesn't have RAM at > 0x90000000. > * I didn't test it (because I don't have physical access to the system) but > I think the automatic installation would have overwritten the boot loader. > But I admit it's hard to detect where the bootloader is. > * With the original uInitrd the installer fails to select a kernel to > install. > The patch for http://bugs.debian.org/706643 fixes that though. > * Again with the original uInitrd one of the last dialogs tells: > You will need to boot manually with the kernel on partition > /dev/mmcblk1p1 and root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 passed as a kernel argument. > This is wrong, because there was no kernel installed. > * I installed via a serial connection (on ttymxc0). It would have been nice > if the installed system had a getty running on that serial line. > > Other than that I'm very satisfied with the overall installation.
I just saw your install report from 2013 that nobody responded to. I hope all of these issues have been addressed. I've copied Karsten Merker who might know. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/
