Hi, We tested debian-installer (daily build from a day ago) on a ppc64 box and found a few issues. To keep life interesting, we also used a 2.6 kernel.
1. Installer requires devfs support. In 2.6 devfs is pretty much deprecated, so it would be nice if d-i could handle a non devfs kernel. It doesnt look like there are too many places that care. The initrd had an empty /dev, thats easily fixed. It looks like the stuff that parses /proc/partitions expects devfs style names but I havent looked into the code yet. 2. Installer cant find any packages. Hacking the kernel to return "ppc" instead of "ppc64" fixes this problem. Im guessing the sparc64 port of d-i has solved this problem, we just need it too. 3. No fdisk found. For some reason only mac-fdisk was available in the install image. 4. shm is not a valid filesystem in 2.6. Changing /sbin/init to use tmpfs fixed this. Anton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
