On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 10:49:32AM +0100, Cajus Pollmeier wrote: > Hi! > > Since I had access for some power4 and power5 System the last time and > noticed that > the debian installer didn't work on this hardware (a 64bit kernel seems > to be needed), > I did some integration on this and added a "pseries" target to the > debian installer including > the 64 bit kernel and a ready to use installer image.
Why won't the 32bit power4 kernels boot on these machines ? They should, only the iseries really need a 64bit kernel. > Sure, these power machines are not that common hardware for joe user, > but after > IBM started the openpower initiative its good for debian to support > these machines, too. I > personally like to contribute this stuff, so that other people can use > it, too. > > Anyway the installer is not perfect yet. Perhaps someone on the list > can give some quick > hints in order to save lot of time for me: > > * The partitioner needs to support (pseudo or whatever) the creation of > a PPC PReP boot > partition, or just check for its existence, since it is needed for > booting. Where to set the > dependencies? What packages to create and/or modify? Fixed in latest parted uploads. partman-prep needs to be written, you are welcome to do this. > * yaboot may be used to install to the PPC PReP boot partition. Same > like above. I didn't > find a place where the depencies are set... This should be fixed, at least i think Colin Watson uploaded a fixed version of this one lately. Friendly, Sven Luther
