Hi Scott, I've successfully used your procedure (appropriately localized to my own environment) to do an install on an amd64 VM under VMWare Fusion on my friendly local Mac mini.
So I think I could do the same thing on a PowerPC Mac if I knew the ppc equivalents of isolinux.cfg as used by you for i386 -- and the ppc equivalent of the genisoimage magic you use to make the bootable image. I've CC-ed the installer and powerpc lists, in hopes that someone there can point me in the right direction. Thanks! Rick PS: Sorry I took so long to get back to you on this… Year-end holidays ate my brain for a couple of weeks. On Dec 15, 2013, at 12:57 AM, Scott Ferguson <scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 09/12/13 13:26, Rick Thomas wrote: >> >> Is there some way to tell the debian installer to enable an ssh >> server during the installation? > > Yes. > >> I'd like to be able to >> ssh/slogin/scp to the installation process so I can retrieve log >> files and otherwise snoop the process when the keyboard/mouse are >> frozen. >> >> This is part of my pursuit of Bug#728936, which renders it impossible >> to do a normal Sid CD-based installation of my PowerPC Macs, because >> the USB keyboard and mouse are not recognized. >> >> Thanks in advance! >> >> Rick > <snipped> > > I can't test on a PowerPC so I can only guess (wildly) about differences > between my experience and yours. I'm using debian-7.2.0-i386-netinst.iso > The following will automate the install to the point where you start > partitioning - by which time you can "ssh installer@$ipAddress" > (password is debian). > > At the very least you'll have to change my ISOLINUX references to suit > the PowerPC boot loader, probably locale, possibly keymap, you may also > need to install additional modules and/or firmware. > > > This script will do the remaster - modify to suit your needs. > > ========== remaster.sh ====== … > =========== > > > This should be the minimum you require for the boot, modify to suit your > needs, DEBCONF_DEBUG is not necessary, just makes it easier to see what > DEBCONF is doing during the install (look at Alt+F4 or /var/log/syslog):- > > > =========== isolinux.cfg ========= > # autostart SSH install > prompt 0 > timeout 1 > default preseed > > label preseed > kernel /install.386/vmlinuz > append vga=788 initrd=/install.386/initrd.gz auto DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 > ================================== > > > You will want to changes values in the preseed (some are redundant, some > won't suit your needs):- > > > =========== preseed.cfg ========== … > =========================================== > > > > Let me know how you go. > > Kind regards -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/c18ac594-02aa-4f1f-a775-fd491da5a...@pobox.com
