Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/02/2017 05:34 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > The "-probe" and "--netatalk" options are not listed in the upstream man > page for xorrisofs which makes me think that both the m68k and the powerpc > code here has bit-rotted. No, not bit-rotted. But rather, they were never implemented in xorrisofs w

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Finn Thain
On Fri, 1 Sep 2017, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 09/01/2017 10:51 AM, Finn Thain wrote: > > > Note: This has not been tested at all and booting on a Mac with EMILE > > >most likely doesn't work at all since xorrisofs didn't like any of > > >the HFS-specific options so I ha

Bug#874014: base-installer: Please use common kernel for all subarchitectures on m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Source: base-installer Version: 1.171 Severity: normal Tags: patch User: debian-68k@lists.debian.org Usertags: m68k Hello! base-installer currently fails to find a suitable kernel on any m68k system during install because it tries to install different kernels depending on the subarchitecture. Si

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 11:01 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: > First time, I tried to install GNOME, but it failed on other unmet > dependencies (libreoffice, ...) GNOME? On m68k? That's courageous. On a sidenote: We do have libreoffice on m68k. So, that shouldn't be the problem. But I don't expect GNOME to wor

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 22:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 09/01/2017 10:50 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: >> I've a working system. > > Good. But I really need to find where that libxmlada package comes > from. It doesn't make any sense at all that it's being pulled in. > > Did you choose some o

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 10:57 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: >> Hmm, I can't find it there. I'll continue searching. >> > > The dependency on libgnat seems wrong (it uses 4.6 instead of 5) But why does it need any Ada libraries in the first place on a minimal system? I know that Ada is currently half-broken on

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 22:44, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 09/01/2017 10:32 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: >> In the "Select and install software". >> I think it is pulled by "pkgsel". > > Hmm, I can't find it there. I'll continue searching. > The dependency on libgnat seems wrong (it uses 4.6 i

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 10:50 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: > I've a working system. Good. But I really need to find where that libxmlada package comes from. It doesn't make any sense at all that it's being pulled in. Did you choose some of the tasks during installation? > The first problem is the keyboard is

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 22:08, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 09/01/2017 10:05 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: >> It works fine with (/usr/lib/base-installer/kernel.sh) > > So, were you able to fully install the system? Any other errors? I've a working system. The first problem is the keyboard is us

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 10:32 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: > In the "Select and install software". > I think it is pulled by "pkgsel". Hmm, I can't find it there. I'll continue searching. -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - g

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 22:30, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 09/01/2017 10:20 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> That's a package that's been removed long time ago [1]. >> We need to find out where it's referenced. Must be one of >> the other d-i components. > > Can you tell me in which d-

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 10:20 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > That's a package that's been removed long time ago [1]. > We need to find out where it's referenced. Must be one of > the other d-i components. Can you tell me in which d-i step the package is tried to be installed? I cannot find a refere

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 10:15 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: > Sep 1 20:09:33 in-target: > Sep 1 20:09:33 in-target: The following packages have unmet dependencies: > Sep 1 20:09:34 in-target: libxmlada4.1-dbg : Depends: libxmlada4.1 (= > 4.1-4) but it is not going to be installed That's a package that's bee

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 22:08, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 09/01/2017 10:05 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: >> It works fine with (/usr/lib/base-installer/kernel.sh) > > So, were you able to fully install the system? Any other errors? I have configured a remote repo (http://ftp.ports.debian.org/de

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 10:05 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: > It works fine with (/usr/lib/base-installer/kernel.sh) So, were you able to fully install the system? Any other errors? > I've modified "arch_get_kernel_flavour()" to always print "m68k". I will patch base-installer accordingly and generate another

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 21:33, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 09/01/2017 09:24 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> So, I think that arch_get_kernel_flavour() needs to be patched to >> just always echo "m68k" in [1]. Compare this to amd64 [2]. > > You should be able to test this yourself. The

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 09:24 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > So, I think that arch_get_kernel_flavour() needs to be patched to > just always echo "m68k" in [1]. Compare this to amd64 [2]. You should be able to test this yourself. The script m68k.sh can be found somewhere below /lib/ something. Patch

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 09:10 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Ah, so it's base-installer which needs to be fixed. I'll have a look. So, I think that arch_get_kernel_flavour() needs to be patched to just always echo "m68k" in [1]. Compare this to amd64 [2]. The reason this needs to be changed is beca

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 08:59 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: >>From /var/log/syslog: > > Sep 1 18:46:24 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-m68k not usable > on mac > Sep 1 18:46:24 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.12.0-1-m68k > not usable on mac > Sep 1 18:46:24 base-installer: info: Found ker

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 08:40 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: >> Please check for the actual log message from the syslog console (switch with >> + Cursor keys). > > And with serial console, how to switch to the syslog console? On a serial console, debian-installer should automatically start inside a screen ses

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 20:38, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > The kernel package was still missing from the debian-cd package inclusion > list. So my fix was correct. > > Please check for the actual log message from the syslog console (switch with > + Cursor keys). > > I need the error message

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 20:38, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > The kernel package was still missing from the debian-cd package inclusion > list. So my fix was correct. > > Please check for the actual log message from the syslog console (switch with > + Cursor keys). And with serial console, how

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
The kernel package was still missing from the debian-cd package inclusion list. So my fix was correct. Please check for the actual log message from the syslog console (switch with + Cursor keys). I need the error message from syslog. Adrian > On Sep 1, 2017, at 8:24 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 16:24, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 09/01/2017 04:18 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> Suggestions which packages should be included there for m68k? >> >> I assume that should be: >> >> - busybox >> - linux-image-m68k >> - initramfs-tools >> - emile > > I just did

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 04:18 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Suggestions which packages should be included there for m68k? I assume that should be: - busybox - linux-image-m68k - initramfs-tools - emile I just did that. Please try this updated image: https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-c

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 04:14 PM, Laurent Vivier wrote: This one works better, but it doesn't find any kernel to install. That's a problem we had in the past on sparc64 as well. It's because there are no kernel packages defined for m68k in [1]. Suggestions which packages should be included there for m68

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Laurent Vivier
Le 01/09/2017 à 11:18, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 08/31/2017 03:59 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>> Aug 31 13:09:07 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing: >>> Aug 31 13:09:07 debootstrap: mac-fdisk >>> Aug 31 13:09:08 debootstrap: Setting up mac-fdisk (0.1-16+

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 11:20 AM, Sebastian Bergmann wrote: Would FS-UAE (or similar) be able to boot this? That could prevent "toastering" while experimenting. Laurent is testing it in qemu-m68k. Testing with Aranym should work as well. I never tried installing a recent version of Debian on any variant

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Sebastian Bergmann
Am 31.08.2017 um 14:32 schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > Again, this has not been tested at all. If this turns your Amiga/Atari/Mac > into a toaster, you have been warned! Would FS-UAE (or similar) be able to boot this? That could prevent "toastering" while experimenting.

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 08/31/2017 03:59 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Aug 31 13:09:07 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing: Aug 31 13:09:07 debootstrap:  mac-fdisk Aug 31 13:09:08 debootstrap: Setting up mac-fdisk (0.1-16+b1) ... Aug 31 13:09:08 debootstrap: dpkg: error: unknown option --prin

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/01/2017 10:51 AM, Finn Thain wrote: Note: This has not been tested at all and booting on a Mac with EMILE most likely doesn't work at all since xorrisofs didn't like any of the HFS-specific options so I had to drop them from the command line. Where can I find this co

Re: Debian installer image for Debian/m68k

2017-09-01 Thread Finn Thain
On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi! > > I just created the first debian installer image for m68k since aeons, it > can be downloaded from here: > > > https://people.debian.org/~glaubitz/debian-cd/2017-08-31/ > Nice work! > Note: This has not been tested at all and boo