Re: Test-DFS for PowerPC
I have downloaded the ppc iso today.
So far I can report that the disk fails to boot the following devices
New World G3 Pismo Powerbook
New World G3 Imac
Old World 9600 ppc
The disk appear as a valid HFS standard disk on a MacOS desktop however
I can't provide any more info about the boot failures :(
david
On Sat, 2004-06-05 at 09:23, Robert Jordens wrote:
> Hello!
>
> John Goerzen and I have made Debian From Scratch (DFS) available for
> PowerPC machines. You would do us a big favour if you could test this
> first image and give suggestions. I only have my Powerbook G4 Alu
> available as victim.
>
> Primary Location: <http://people.debian.org/~jgoerzen/dfs/>
> Temparary for PowerPC: <http://people.debian.org/~jordens/dfs/>
>
> md5sum:
> a8ed36bd6a06c411917df87404384de7 dfs-0.6.4.rj3_powerpc.iso (357M)
>
> It follows a general (still i386/amd64/alpha centric) description of
> DFS.
>
> Robert.
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Basic Features of DFS
>
> Welcome to Debian From Scratch (DFS). DFS is really two
> systems: 1) a bootable CD for repairing Linux systems or
> installing Debian; and 2) the program that generates the CDs
> that are used for #1. Most of this manual focuses on #1. A
> wide variety of DFS CDs can be made using the DFS build tools.
> This manual will refer to CDs made using the default
> configuration.
> _________________________________________________________
>
> 1.1. DFS Features
>
> You can expect the following from your DFS CD:
>
> * Bootable CD featuring the GNU Grub bootloader. Can be used
> to boot hard disk partitions even if no hard disk
> bootloader is present.
> * Kernel and userland support for all major filesystems,
> including ext2, ext3, JFS, XFS, ReiserFS, FAT, VFAT, NTFS,
> ISO9660, CramFS, tmpfs, and more. Userland support for
> Reiser4.
> * Kernel and userland support for different disk layout
> schemes including standard partitioning, Logical Volume
> Manager 2 (LVM2), software RAID, etc.
> * Full recovery tools runnable directly from CD, including:
> + Filesystem utilities for all mazjor filesystems,
> including undeletion tools for ext2
> + Partition editors (fdisk, cfdisk, parted)
> + Text editors (nano, joe, vim, emacs)
> + C, Perl, Python, and OCaml development environments.
> Enough to configure and compile a new kernel and
> build basic .debs. Kernel 2.6.6 sources included on
> CD.
> + Full networking support, including PPP and various
> Ethernet cards and DHCP
> + Network tools including FTP clients, Web client, ssh,
> telnet, NFS, smbclient, tcpdump, netcat, etc.
> + Backup restoration tools such as rdiff-backup,
> dump/restore, tar, cpio, amanda client, afbackup
> client, etc.
> + CD and DVD burning tools
> + Basic printing tools (cat for local printers, rlpr
> for remote ones, and netcat for Jetdirect, plus
> unix2dos for text files and Ghostscript for emergency
> conversions)
> + Mail reader (mutt)
> * Base systems for multiple versions of Debian installable
> directly from CD, including: woody (i386), sarge (i386),
> sid (i386), and sid (amd64). Alpha CD can install woody,
> sarge, or sid for Alpha.
> * amd64 support: Enough to install or fix an AMD64 system.
> Includes 64-bit kernel with 32-bit emulation (to run the
> 32-bit userland on the CD). Also includes 64-bit package
> for bootstrapping a new AMD64 support. In short, you can
> boot a 64-bit kernel and be treated as a first-class
> citizen in almost all respects.
> * i386 or x86_64 (amd64) kernels bootable directly from
> initial boot menu.
> * DFS generation scripts support custom kernels, packages,
> mirrors, compressed ISO images, and a high degree of
> flexibility.
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