On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 12:20:50PM +0100, Leigh Brown wrote: > Sven Luther said: > > On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:43:59AM +0100, Leigh Brown wrote: > >> Sven Luther said: > >> > Could you test the prep kernel at : > >> > http://people.debian.org/~luther/powerpc/2.4.22, and instruct us about > >> : > >> > > >> > 1) The different method of booting from a prep system. > >> > > >> > 2) if there are auto-booting CDroms, or if you just have to enter > >> the > >> > right value from the OF (in case you have an OF). > >> > > >> > 3) the output of your /proc/cpuinfo. > >> > > >> > 4) do you believe they are smp prep systems ? > >> > > >> > And if you would volunteer to test some of our debian-installers > >> setups > >> > when they are ready, it would be real nice. > >> > >> Hi Sven, > >> > >> I know there are several RS/6000 PReP systems around, and that there > > > > Mmm, i thought all RS/6000 where chrp, and using the chrp-rs6k kernel. > > The ones I listed are *definitely* all PReP. > > [...] > > Mmm, So, to get the iso to autoboot on those, an option to mkisofs would > > be enough, but i guess this is not compatible to pmac autobooting, is it ? > > Actually, I think mkisofs supports both a PReP and Mac boot loader on > the same CD. It doesn't support PReP and CHRP on the same CD, but I > have a patch to make it do so lying around somewhere. So, I think it's > possible to have a single CD that can boot PReP, CHRP and Mac, but I'm > not 100% sure.
Interesting, let's look into this once we are a bit more advanced in the debian-installer image generation. Friendly, Sven Luther
