Bug#619236: debian PS3 installation kboot.conf needed

2013-09-04 Thread Geoff Levand
We still have a need for the kboot-utils package in debian. Recent daily builds of D-I work fine on PS3, but the installed system still cannot boot due to lack of a kboot.conf file for the PS3's native bootloader (petitboot). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Bug#719040: installation-report: debian 7.1 wheezy installation success on PS3

2013-08-07 Thread Geoff Levand
Package: installation-reports Version: 2.49 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, Installed from CD-ROM media. Install went as expected. Followed the PS3 install instructions here: https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/geoff/cell/ps3-howto/ps3-debian-install-howto.txt -- Package-speci

Bug#619236: [Cbe-oss-dev] Bug#619236: installation-reports: installation works fine on PS3 now, but we still can't boot after the installation

2011-03-30 Thread Geoff Levand
On 03/22/2011 02:29 AM, Antonio Ospite wrote: > Hi, > > the installation on PS3 now completes pretty fine, however there are > still some details that could be improved. > > The installer warns about the boot loader not being installed, which is > fine, I already had the 'petitboot' bootloader

Bug#619621: installer fails looking for mirror

2011-03-25 Thread Geoff Levand
Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20110324-3/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso Date: Mar 25, 2011 Machine: PS3 Comments/Problems: Failed on looking for mirrors. Installer looks for 'Architecture:'

Bug#570430: debian installer network config fails on PS3

2010-02-18 Thread Geoff Levand
Package: netcfg Version: 1.51 X-Debbugs-CC: rbtho...@pobox.com, debian-powe...@lists.debian.org, cbe-oss-...@lists.ozlabs.org Original Message Subject: Re: Has anybody recently done a Debian install on a playstation-3? Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:27:27 -0800 From: Levand, Geoffrey

Re: Has anybody recently done a Debian install on a playstation-3?

2010-02-16 Thread Geoff Levand
Hi, On 02/15/2010 09:13 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > Norberto is having trouble getting Debian to install on his PS3. It's > a bit out of my usual line, so any advice from somebody who has done > it will be much appreciated! I just tested the current daily-build (08-Feb-2010 00:09) from here:

Re: Bug present in Sid D-i, but not in Squeeze d-i [Re: Bug#562575: installation-reports: Buisnesscard PowerPC installer loops with Segmentation faults]

2010-02-16 Thread Geoff Levand
On 02/15/2010 02:41 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: >> Rick >> Rick on what machine did you test on. I tested on my playstation 3 >> about 3 or 4 days ago and the installation failed at configuring >> network with installation step failed i tested the daily netboot >> image. Thanks. >> > > I used an

Bug#514055: [Cbe-oss-dev] Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-12-02 Thread Geoff Levand
On 12/02/2009 05:32 PM, Norberto Feliberty wrote: > hello, while the changes may have not been committed to cd or dvd media, > the changes are in place for the netboot images. I tried the netboot > image anywhere between the 10th and 20th of november. I can't recall the > exact date but It was a s

Bug#514055: [Cbe-oss-dev] Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-12-02 Thread Geoff Levand
On 12/02/2009 03:25 PM, Levand, Geoffrey wrote: > On 05/28/2009 09:39 AM, Levand, Geoffrey wrote: >> On 05/01/2009 03:18 PM, Geoff Levand wrote: >>> I tried today's build (20090430) and the 'CD-ROM driver not found' >>> problem is fixed: >>> >

Bug#514055: [Cbe-oss-dev] Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-12-02 Thread Geoff Levand
On 05/28/2009 09:39 AM, Levand, Geoffrey wrote: > On 05/01/2009 03:18 PM, Geoff Levand wrote: >> I tried today's build (20090430) and the 'CD-ROM driver not found' >> problem is fixed: >> >> >> http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc/200904

Bug#514055: [Cbe-oss-dev] Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-05-28 Thread Geoff Levand
On 05/01/2009 03:18 PM, Geoff Levand wrote: > I tried today's build (20090430) and the 'CD-ROM driver not found' > problem is fixed: > > > http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc/20090430-22:00/powerpc64/netboot/ > > I was able to finish the install,

Bug#514055: [Cbe-oss-dev] Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-05-01 Thread Geoff Levand
On 04/23/2009 01:54 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:34:34PM -0400, thegame4121...@msn.com wrote: >> This is great news. Is this only for the testing version of Debian >> codename squeeze or will this fix also be included in the next point >> release of Debian Lenny? > > I

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-04-16 Thread Geoff Levand
Hi Wartan, On 03/22/2009 01:46 PM, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >>> I'll continue working on this stuff, this was just a test image to make sure >>> kernel modules were loaded fine. >> If you have patches, I can help you get them into d-i pr

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-03-23 Thread Geoff Levand
On 03/22/2009 10:45 AM, Geoff Levand wrote: > On 03/21/2009 10:38 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 04:40:51PM -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: >>> 1) At boot there were some kernel I/O errors about /dev/sr0. >> >> That is the BD drive. Did you have a d

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-03-22 Thread Geoff Levand
On 03/22/2009 12:44 PM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 10:45:25AM -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: >> On 03/21/2009 10:38 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: >> > That is the BD drive. Did you have a disc in the drive at that point? >> > If so, what kind of disc? &g

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-03-22 Thread Geoff Levand
On 03/21/2009 10:38 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 04:40:51PM -0700, Geoff Levand wrote: >> On 03/20/2009 02:21 PM, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: >> > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:00:37PM +0300, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: >> >> > The short answer is

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-03-22 Thread Geoff Levand
On 03/21/2009 11:05 PM, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: > PS3 is booted with kboot, which is able to interpret yaboot.conf. Thus, the > correct behaviour on that platform would be to create yaboot.conf, but without > bootloader installation itself :) (as Debian does not have kboot, and I > presume > hard

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-03-20 Thread Geoff Levand
On 03/20/2009 02:21 PM, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:00:37PM +0300, Wartan Hachaturow wrote: >> > The short answer is that there isn't really an active powerpc porter >> > working on the installer. That's why your bug report is unanswered. >> > I'm copying Wouter Verhelst

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-03-02 Thread Geoff Levand
On 03/02/2009 03:34 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 07:53:33PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote: >> * Geoff Levand [2009-02-26 09:43]: >> > I just tried the latest testing CD (2000.02.12), and it still >> > fails with the same problem I repo

Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

2009-02-26 Thread Geoff Levand
Hi, I just tried the latest testing CD (2000.02.12), and it still fails with the same problem I reported for Lenny DI RC2. The installer fails on mounting the CD-ROM. The PS3 ps3_gelic network and PS3 ps3rom and ps3disk storage drivers are missing from the installer's initrd. I entered a bug re

Bug#514055: test debian-Lenny-DI-rc2-powerpc-netinst

2009-02-03 Thread Geoff Levand
Package: installation-reports X-Debbugs-CC: Geert Uytterhoeven Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc2/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-Lenny-DI-rc2-powerpc-netinst.iso Date: Thu Jan 15 14:31:51 2009 Machine: PS3 game console (A model) Processor: Cell (powerpc64) Ou