Re: Custom SPARC netboot image
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 11:44:42AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 01:40:28AM -0400, Andy Goth wrote:
> > How do I create a custom SPARC netboot d-i image?
> >
> > Specifically, I need to update the kernel used in the Sarge d-i.
> > 2.6.8-2 doesn't work; it fails immediately, unable to detect the
> > timer chip. 2.6.11-1 is alright.
>
> What about updating the sid d-i images to use 2.6.12 ? Or does
> 2.6.12-1 not work for you ?
2.6.12-1 will probably work too (I don't expect a regression), but my
real concern is wanting to install Sarge rather than Etch.
In all likelihood, once I leave, this system will never be maintained,
and when something breaks (e.g. behaves contrary to user expectation)
somebody will take the opportunity to delete everything and install
Solaris 8. Frown.
I don't want that to happen just because of some new, untested "feature"
in some Etch package (maybe even something "contrib" installed later
on), and I want to avoid any stigma associated with the label "testing".
After all, there's a very real danger of the entire thing being rejected
out of hand on the grounds that it's not Solaris. It's fairly well
known that Debian takes stability very seriously, and I want to cash in
on this.
If I can "upgrade" an already-installed Etch system to Sarge, that will
be alright too, so long as the result is as good as that produced by a
conventional Sarge install.
> Using non-official netboot images is a real pain, as the module .udebs
> are not in the archive.
Sorry, I don't know anything about udebs, aside from what I read in #6
in http://lwn.net/Articles/69448/ .
I will also need a netboot image that I can use to clone one hard disk
to another. That means having silo, tar, and netcat or similar (I can
whip up what I need in Tcl very easily). I suppose I can put these
tools directly in the custom d-i, along with some variant of rescue that
gives me a prompt without attempting to mount the hard disk.
I only need to do one good Sarge install, which I can then customize and
clone to the sixteen other disks, several at a time.
--
Andy Goth + unununium@openverse.com + http://ioioio.net/
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