Am Die, den 21.10.2003 schrieb Rolf Brudeseth um 22:08: > > > I downloaded the debian-installer via cvs and read the documentation. It > appears to indicate that there are two supported netinst methods; however, > both require a CD? No, you dont' need to burn the image on a CD. > > On a PowerPC CHRP system, with the boot-floppies installer, I was able to > boot the zImage through BOOTP and load the initrd with NFS, and boot and > load the zImage.initrd via BOOTP only. I don't know if anyone tried NFS installs, but they should work in theory. zImage.initrd or zImage plus a separate initrd (if this is possible on your arch) over bootp/dhcp/tftp/whatsoever works.
> > I then installed the base OS through FTP/HTTP? I assume/hope that this > function is still available with the debian-installer? To be able to do that you have to build TYPE=netboot > > Not having to rely upon a CD makes kernel and installer testing much easier > logistically. This will be even more useful if/when the zImage.initrd can > be loaded from a USB memory stick. USB is on the way. Ask Joey Hess about it. You can download daily built initrds from http://people.debian.org/~tsauter/d-i/images-powerpc/ (yes it works again) There's apparently no kernel there :-(, but they are built for the latest 2.4.22 kernel in the archive (kernel versions are important because otherwise you will have a version clash with the modules on the initrd). Thorsten: IMHO it would by wise to add the kernel to your daily build directory. gaudenz
