Hi, On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Joerg Sommer wrote:
> Guennadi Liakhovetski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all > > > > I've got myself an embedded powerpc platform (kurobox) and I'd like to > > install Sarge on it. My problem is - the board doesn't boot from CD, the > > bootloader is proprietary and I cannot load initrd... So, AFAIU, I cannot > > use any of the standard installation methods. ... > Is debootstrap an alternative? On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Hans Ekbrand wrote: > Suggestion A. debootstrap. I don't know the details, but I think it > does what you want. Sorry for not replying immediately - no idea how I skipped the replies... Yes, I did find debootstrap eventually, and it is indeed what I need, just it wasn't very trivial to use it either - almost all necessary tools and libraries were missing in the original busybox-based distro, so, I ended up first installing some intermediate solution from somebody who has already installed Sarge on kurobox, and then running debootstrap to get a "virgin" Debian:-) > Suggestion B. How about just copying all files from a minimal working > powerpc installation to a directory and export that rw? (copy the > modules needed for your custom kernel, but since you compile the > kernel yourself you could compile in all necessary drivers). It's not > elegant but it might work. Yep, as you see, I ended up using a combination os these 2 suggestions:-) Thanks Guennadi --- Guennadi Liakhovetski -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
