On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 08:01:10PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > Hi Rolf, > > > How can I help out testing Sarge on IBM pSeries systems ( I have access to > > a lab full of these systems )? > > Eventually Id like to see a debian CD that boots on pSeries boxes. I > built a woody one recently but I run into problems during the install. > Im not adventurous enough to rebuild the debian installer initrd and > the kernel I tacked it onto didnt match - it got upset when it got to > installing kernel/modules I think. > > Is anyone playing with the new installer on ppc? Is it worth trying yet?
I built it a while back, and posted a report (for powermac). It doesn't have a Mac partitioner yet, but you can set it up in a chroot using make demo, and skip the partitioning step. Be sure to post any results to debian-boot, not here. To get the source: http://cvs.debian.org/debian-installer/README -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
