Hi, I have post some messages with a little howto to install a Debian 3.0 under iSeries .. I'm trying to adapt the installer to simplify the installation .. but i don't have enough time :) I will post news about the advance ..
-- Christophe Suire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 17:47, Joe Phillips wrote: > On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 11:35, Christian Lugo wrote: > > > I read a post in a Debian PowerPC mailing list where you ask if the > > installation of Debian is possible. > > I'm CCing the list so others can comment/benefit. > > > I'm in the same situation now (wondering if it can be done :-), I read > > some post from people that actually have done it. > > I too have found some posts. I'm sure it's possible. I get the > impression that it will require some manual work to get running today. I > don't think the stock PPC debian installer works on iSeries. > > My impression is that we can get any stock powerpc distro to work as > long as we have an iSeries compatible kernel. That is to say that > AFAIK, the only custom, iSeries-specific software we need should be the > kernel. > > > And I will like to ask you some tips for the installation or where can I > > find more information. > > I'm actually just on the cusp of working on this. Just last week my > partners & I took the time to get an old copy of SuSE 7.1 running on our > development iSeries. It works. Within the next week or so, I expect to > attempt to port debootstrap and possibly debian-installer within this > SuSE system. > > My goal will be to build a powerpc netinst image with an > iSeries-specific kernel. Obviously, my hope is to improve Debian > installation on iSeries in general as opposed to just getting it to work > on this one system. > > If your goal is to just get Debian on one system, I think you can get > away with using the SuSE boot media to bring up an initrd system and > manually perform the debian installer steps. > > I'll let you know how I progress and I'd be happy to trade tips and > experiences. > > good luck, > > -joe
