Re: debian-installer on ppc64

2003-11-14 Thread Anton Blanchard
Hi, > Mmm, maybe it should be possible to create a proper kernel package for > your boxes, could you send me a .config file for a 2.4.22 kernel ? Will > the standard linuxppc_2_4 tree do, or do you need special patches ? We need to get the 64bit ppc cross compiler into debian, it sounded like t

Re: debian-installer on ppc64

2003-11-14 Thread Thorsten Sauter
* Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-11-14 11:22]: | > 3. No fdisk found. For some reason only mac-fdisk was available in the | >install image. | | Same as above, d-i doesn't support subarches yet. That said, parted | should be available, and normally you should be able to use partitioner |

Re: debian-installer on ppc64

2003-11-14 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:22:27AM +0100, Sven Luther wrote: > > 1. Installer requires devfs support. In 2.6 devfs is pretty much > >deprecated, so it would be nice if d-i could handle a non devfs kernel. > >It doesnt look like there are too many places that care. The initrd had > >an e

Re: debian-installer on ppc64

2003-11-14 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:47:12PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > Hi, > > We tested debian-installer (daily build from a day ago) on a ppc64 box > and found a few issues. To keep life interesting, we also used a 2.6 > kernel. > > 1. Installer requires devfs support. In 2.6 devfs is pretty muc

debian-installer on ppc64

2003-11-14 Thread Anton Blanchard
Hi, We tested debian-installer (daily build from a day ago) on a ppc64 box and found a few issues. To keep life interesting, we also used a 2.6 kernel. 1. Installer requires devfs support. In 2.6 devfs is pretty much deprecated, so it would be nice if d-i could handle a non devfs kernel. I