Re: debian-installer: please default to grub-ieee1275 on powerpc instead of yaboot

2017-09-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/22/2017 08:41 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:49:38AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >> I was just wondering whether it makes sense for GRUB to use MS-DOS partition >> on a Mac, thinking it may be better than Mac partition tables, I was >> basically just thin

Re: PS3?

2017-09-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/22/2017 04:32 PM, Simon Richter wrote: > I'm trying to get a PS3 to boot with the powerpc64 kernel in stretch, > but had no luck so far. kexec from the boot menu happens, then the > screen goes blank and stays that way. I have a 3.5 kernel that boots and > works fine. I'm surprised to learn

Re: Updated installer images

2017-09-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/23/2017 01:51 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > To summarize, there are two currently “non-automatic” steps that I know of: > 1) The guided partitioning needs to automatically create the bootstrap > (HFS+) partition and the /boot (ext2) partition. > 2) The Ports FTP servers need to be shown

Re: Updated installer images

2017-09-22 Thread Rick Thomas
Thank you for the explanation. Yes, I understand. I look forward to anything that can make the ppc64 installation as “automatic” as possible. Please let me know what I can do as a tester to help that process… To summarize, there are two currently “non-automatic” steps that I know of: 1) T

Re: debian-installer: please default to grub-ieee1275 on powerpc instead of yaboot

2017-09-22 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 11:49:38AM +0200, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I was just wondering whether it makes sense for GRUB to use MS-DOS partition > on a Mac, thinking it may be better than Mac partition tables, I was > basically just thinking aloud. If it's not necessary for GRUB to work >

Re: PS3?

2017-09-22 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
Hi Simon, On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Simon Richter wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get a PS3 to boot with the powerpc64 kernel in stretch, > but had no luck so far. kexec from the boot menu happens, then the > screen goes blank and stays that way. I have a 3.5 kernel that boots and > works f

PS3?

2017-09-22 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, I'm trying to get a PS3 to boot with the powerpc64 kernel in stretch, but had no luck so far. kexec from the boot menu happens, then the screen goes blank and stays that way. I have a 3.5 kernel that boots and works fine. Does anyone have a working setup with a standard kernel? Simon s

[Debian Sid PPC32] Mesa 17.2.1 tested

2017-09-22 Thread Christian Zigotzky
Hi All, I successfully compiled and tested Mesa 17.2.1 for Debian Sid PPC32 today. Further information and download: http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=35&p=42426&sid=bd5c38dc61772eb71a695d3f18ed0753#p42426 Cheers, Christian

Re: Updated installer images

2017-09-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/22/2017 12:41 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: Is that information (how to access the “ports” repos) available somewhere? Is there a wiki that describes all this? No, but I will eventually update the choose-mirror package to show the Debian Ports FTP servers as well. Please be aware that the curre

Re: Updated installer images

2017-09-22 Thread Rick Thomas
Thanks! And thanks! to Frank, who gave me the same information. I used it and it worked. A fill report will follow shortly. Is that information (how to access the “ports” repos) available somewhere? Is there a wiki that describes all this? enjoy! Rick On Sep 21, 2017, at 11:31 PM, John Pau

Re: debian-installer: please default to grub-ieee1275 on powerpc instead of yaboot

2017-09-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 09/21/2017 11:14 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: Well as long as grub can read that, then no problem. So as long as grub-install is including btrfs support in the grub image placed in the prep boot partition, then /boot can be on btrfs. That is almost certainly the case. Yeah, I guess that's t