Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-29 Thread Milan Kupcevic
On 08/29/2012 07:58 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Aug 29, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > >> >> I just tried booting a PowerMac G4 with the Wheezy installer image >> "built on 20120826-03:23" (details of where I downloaded it from, etc >> available on request). >> >> The G4 is a 32-bit mac

Re: Still with us -- Re: Bug#684265: (installation-reports: yaboot.conf missing existing root partitions -- sources.list still has deb cdrom from installation)

2012-08-29 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 18, 2012, at 2:02 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: I just downloaded and burned the PowerPC Netinst CD and did an install with it. Specifically, http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso Daily build #3 for powerpc,

Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-29 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 29, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: I just tried booting a PowerMac G4 with the Wheezy installer image "built on 20120826-03:23" (details of where I downloaded it from, etc available on request). The G4 is a 32-bit machine, but it seems to be offering me the choices for a 6

Re: Bug#678066: Proposal to simplify PowerPC CD/DVD boot options

2012-08-29 Thread Rick Thomas
On Aug 4, 2012, at 10:22 AM, Milan Kupcevic wrote: On 08/04/2012 12:41 PM, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 05:56:54PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote: This is a Debian installation ${MEDIA_TYPE}, built on ${BUILD_DATE}. + Enter one of the following options to begin: -install 3

Fw: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...

2012-08-29 Thread dale-bresnan
- Original Message - From: dale-bresnan To: Geert Uytterhoeven Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 3:15 PM Subject: Re: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems... geert; you are correct. fingers got happy. but anyway, searching the 2.6.8 kernel code , i can find no reference the

Re: PowerPC Debian install on IBM 43P boot problems...

2012-08-29 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 11:29 PM, dale-bresnan wrote: > there were two types of scsi controller on the 43P systems > the onboard is/was 53c810 which has a SE/LVD drive interface. > optional was 53c825 which is a HVD drive interface. Euh, according to my memories (and sym_dev_table[] in drivers/sc