On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Lennart Sorensen <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 08:36:22AM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Lennart Sorensen >> <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote: >> > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:16:27PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: >> >> Does anyone knows what happen to section: >> >> >> >> 4.3. Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting >> >> >> >> in the powerpc install guide ? >> >> >> >> I see it alright from here: >> >> >> >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04.html.en >> > >> > Well that's x86_64 so totally different thing. >> > >> >> but not from here: >> >> >> >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch04.html.en >> >> >> >> AFAIK USB booting works from powerpc system (at least some that I tried). >> >> >> >> Also I see reference to powerpc in the raw XML file: >> >> >> >> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/d-i/trunk/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml?view=markup >> >> >> >> Comments ? >> > >> > You could try to follow the older instructions and it might work: >> > >> > https://www.debian.org/releases/etch/powerpc/ch05s01.html.en >> > >> > Section 5.1.3 says newworld mac booting from USB. It has to be done >> > manually from openfirmware though, so it is probably the most complicated >> > boot method there is. >> > >> > It also had a warning that it might not work. Maybe it was removed from >> > newer release's documentation for a reason. >> >> That was precisely my point: why did it got removed ? And if so why is >> the upstream (raw) XML still referencing the USB boot mechanism for >> powerpc ? >> >> > The instructions from Ubuntu might work too: >> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#How_do_I_boot_from_a_USB_drive.3F >> >> Neat it contains some more extra information I was not aware, thanks ! >> >> I did follow: >> >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2012/08/msg00042.html >> >> and it works for me, on a Mac Mini G4 (PPC). >> >> Full steps: >> >> # wget >> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.4.0/powerpc/iso-cd/firmware-8.4.0-powerpc-netinst.iso >> # wget >> http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/hd-media/boot.img.gz >> # zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdb >> # sync >> [manually eject + plug USB drive again] >> # cp firmware-8.4.0-powerpc-netinst.iso /media/mathieu/bootable >> drive/shortname.iso >> >> [reboot + press and hold cmd/option/o/f] >> >> > boot usb1/disk@1:2,\\yaboot >> [some silly warning that partition cannot be read] >> boot: install > > I think maybe the 2 should be a 1 for the partition. Not certain. > >> done ! >> >> The only tricky part was that the name >> 'firmware-8.4.0-powerpc-netinst.iso' is a bit too long for HFS (AFAIK) >> and the file extension was *.si instead of *.iso which is an issue for >> the debian installer (hence the need for a shorter name on the USB >> disk). >> >> I'll make an installation-reports bug report for stretch and ask for >> the documentation clarification from there. > > Well checking the iso powerpc image, it has a partition table and yaboot > is there, so I think the hd-media step is not needed. I think you can > just write the iso to the usb key and it would work just as well.
Hum. I tried burning the iso directly on key, but the filesystem was ISO 9660 which Open Firmware refused to read... If you want I can try harder tonight, but I assumed the key needed to be in HFS.
