Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-18 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 01:55:21AM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > Le mer 2005-08-17 a 07:34:15 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 12:06:09PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > > On (17/08/05 10:52), Sven Luther wrote: > > create a custom kernel from the sources. You w

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 01:53:41AM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > Le mer 2005-08-17 a 03:17:27 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > > > yep. Ideally you would netboot the kernel with something like : > > > > boot enet:,vmlinuz-coff.initrd > > > > notsure about the exact syntax though. > >

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Aug 18, 2005 at 01:53:41AM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > Le mer 2005-08-17 a 03:17:27 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > > > yep. Ideally you would netboot the kernel with something like : > > > > boot enet:,vmlinuz-coff.initrd > > > > notsure about the exact syntax though. > >

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread SR, ESC
Le mer 2005-08-17 a 07:34:15 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 12:06:09PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > On (17/08/05 10:52), Sven Luther wrote: > create a custom kernel from the sources. You will also need > kernel-patch-2.4.27-powerpc > > So, it should b

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread SR, ESC
Le mer 2005-08-17 a 03:17:27 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > yep. Ideally you would netboot the kernel with something like : > > boot enet:,vmlinuz-coff.initrd > > notsure about the exact syntax though. np, that'll help, thanks. so the kernel will get read from an ext2 partiti

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 12:06:09PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (17/08/05 10:52), Sven Luther wrote: > > Subject: Re: Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on > > PPC > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:51:49AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: &g

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread Clive Menzies
On (17/08/05 10:52), Sven Luther wrote: > Subject: Re: Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:51:49AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > Just to let you know, I've got a nubus machine (

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 09:51:49AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote: > Hi Guys > > Just to let you know, I've got a nubus machine (8100/80) sitting here > going spare. It's got woody on it currently but if you can make use of > it, you're welcome to it (I'm in North London) Cool, try booting the kerne

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Guys Just to let you know, I've got a nubus machine (8100/80) sitting here going spare. It's got woody on it currently but if you can make use of it, you're welcome to it (I'm in North London) Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 02:24:27AM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > Le mer 2005-08-17 a 02:05:14 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 01:51:53AM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > > > > Yep, but nobody came forward and did so. This should h&ave been > > > > mentioned in > > > > th

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread SR, ESC
Le mer 2005-08-17 a 02:05:14 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 01:51:53AM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > > > Yep, but nobody came forward and did so. This should h&ave been mentioned > > > in > > > the errata though at least. > > > > there's people who did for woody

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread SR, ESC
Le mer 2005-08-17 a 01:47:03 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:36:39PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > > > I can build the miboot files and distribute them from p.d.o, they can just not > be part of the release. cool. > > Rick > > > > > > PS: Sven makes

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread SR, ESC
Le mar 2005-08-16 a 18:37:30 -0400, Rick Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > It's clear that, as a practical matter, Apple doesn't mind if people > distribute the "boot block which is coming directly from Apple and > has a couple tens of m68k assembly instructions nobody could be > bothered to r

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Aug 17, 2005 at 01:51:53AM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > > Yep, but nobody came forward and did so. This should h&ave been mentioned in > > the errata though at least. > > there's people who did for woody, but they feel that they were > overlooked and hurt from that, and therefore didn't pitch i

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread SR, ESC
Le mer 2005-08-17 a 01:36:11 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 04:24:53PM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > > > > The boot.img are the miboot floppies for oldworld pmacs. These are saddly > > > not > > > useable in sarge, because miboot is non-free (due to the one boot

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 06:36:39PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > > It's clear that, as a practical matter, Apple doesn't mind if people > distribute the "boot block which is coming directly from Apple and has > a couple tens of m68k assembly instructions nobody could be bothered to > reverse-engi

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread Sven Luther
On Tue, Aug 16, 2005 at 04:24:53PM -0400, SR, ESC wrote: > Le lun 2005-08-15 a 17:44:46 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 06:13:12PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > severity 323182 normal > > > thanks mate > > > > > > > > > > Ok, please ignore my previo

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread Rick Thomas
It's clear that, as a practical matter, Apple doesn't mind if people distribute the "boot block which is coming directly from Apple and has a couple tens of m68k assembly instructions nobody could be bothered to reverse-engineer", because other Linux distributions provide it and Apple has not

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread SR, ESC
Le lun 2005-08-15 a 17:44:46 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 06:13:12PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > severity 323182 normal > > thanks mate > > > > > > Ok, please ignore my previous mail, it is stupid. then disregard my reply to it :). > The boot.img

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-16 Thread SR, ESC
Le lun 2005-08-15 a 17:20:52 -0400, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 06:13:12PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > severity 323182 normal > > thanks mate > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:46:11AM -0400, Simon Raven wrote: > > > Package: debian-installer > > > Se

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 09:58:54PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Monday 15 August 2005 21:02, Sven Luther wrote: > > As a result, the floppies present in sarge are entirely broken and will > > never work. Also the 2.6 floppies, even with miboot present never > > worked fiably, annd since we are doin

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-15 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 15 August 2005 21:02, Sven Luther wrote: > As a result, the floppies present in sarge are entirely broken and will > never work. Also the 2.6 floppies, even with miboot present never > worked fiably, annd since we are doing away with the 2.4 kernels for > etch, this means that the miboot

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 06:13:12PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > severity 323182 normal > thanks mate > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:46:11AM -0400, Simon Raven wrote: > > Package: debian-installer > > Severity: grave > > Justification: renders package unusable > > The debian installer works o

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-15 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 06:13:12PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > severity 323182 normal > thanks mate > > > On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:46:11AM -0400, Simon Raven wrote: > > Package: debian-installer > > Severity: grave > > Justification: renders package unusable > > The debian installer works o

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-15 Thread SR, ESC
Le lun 2005-08-15 a 12:25:57 -0400, Geert Stappers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a dit: > > > > I have seen reports of succesfull installs on PowerPC hardware > on the debian-boot mailinglist. I have not clear how they boot. > It could be a Mac OS boot CD-ROM and some bootstrap. > > Please report your p

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-15 Thread Geert Stappers
severity 323182 normal thanks mate On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 05:46:11AM -0400, Simon Raven wrote: > Package: debian-installer > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package unusable The debian installer works on systems where we[1] have acces to. > boot.img for sarge on powerpc doesn't boot,

Bug#323182: debian-installer: boot.img for sarge doesn't, on PPC

2005-08-15 Thread Simon Raven
Package: debian-installer Severity: grave Justification: renders package unusable boot.img for sarge on powerpc doesn't boot, no matter what i do, what date i get it from (there's a 20041118/ dir on the site, tried those, doesn't want to boot either). i've tried both 2.4 and 2.6 floppies, any mach