Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal
ia64 isos should be bootable via this path from the EFI Boot Manager:
Boot Option Maintenace Menu
-> Boot from a File
-> Debian Inst [Acpi(HWP0002,0)/Pci(2|0)/Ata(Primary,Master)/CDROM(
I believe the magic for this is the bootia64.efi file, which is just a renamed
elilo.efi. Here's what the boot image on a working CD looks like.
[ You can download a copy of this ISO here (the HP Enablement Kit):
http://www.hp.com/hps/linux/lx_debian_download.html ]
/efi
/efi/boot
/efi/boot/linux.bin
/efi/boot/root.bin
/efi/boot/elilo.conf
/efi/boot/main.msg
/efi/boot/general.msg
/efi/boot/factory.msg
/efi/boot/golden.msg
/efi/boot/install.msg
/efi/boot/shell.msg
/efi/boot/debian.msg
/efi/boot/bootia64.efi
/elilo.conf
/elilo.efi
>From looking at a SuSE CD, I believe the top level elilo.conf & elilo.efi
files are redundant. In this example, the linux.bin file and the root.bin
file are the kernel & initrd, respectively. The elilo.conf looks like this:
# elilo config file for Linux Install & Recovery Kit CD
#
# Copyright (c) 2003 Hewlett-Packard Company
#
chooser=textmenu
delay=20
prompt
message=/efi/boot/main.msg
f1=/efi/boot/general.msg
f2=/efi/boot/factory.msg
f3=/efi/boot/install.msg
f4=/efi/boot/golden.msg
f5=/efi/boot/shell.msg
f6=/efi/boot/debian.msg
image=/efi/boot/linux.bin
label=factory
description="Recover factory pre-configured image"
initrd=/efi/boot/root.bin
root=/dev/ram
append="installtype=FactoryImage raid=noautodetect"
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: ia64
Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-1-itanium-smp
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
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