Re: installing debian on IBM 43P-150 (CHRP)

[Philippe Guyot <pguyot@cvf.fr>]

On Wednesday 01 December 2004 17:30, Leigh Brown wrote:

Hello !


> Well, firstly you need to mount the CDROM image, like this:
>
> # mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 debian-powerpc-bc-lbb.iso /mnt
>
> Then, copy that directory tree somewhere:
>
> # mkdir /tmp/sarge-cd
> # cd /mnt
> # rsync -a . /tmp/sarge-cd/
> # cd /
> # umount /mnt
>
> Then, make the directories readable:
>
> # cd /tmp/sarge-cd
> # find . -type d -exec chmod u+w {} \;
>
> You now have a CD tree ready for burning in /tmp/sarge-cd.
> Next, you need to get a decent version of yaboot.  You could
> try this known-working version:
>
> http://www.solinno.co.uk/leigh/yaboot
>
> Drop this on top of /tmp/sarge-cd/ppc/chrp/yaboot
>
> Then, you can create a new ISO image, like this:
>
> # cd /tmp/sarge-cd
> # mkisofs -chrp-boot -U -r -hide-rr-moved -o ../sarge.iso .
>
> You can then test it looks okay, by mounting it again
>
> # cd /tmp
> # mount -o loop,ro -t iso9660 sarge.iso /mnt
> # cd /mnt
>
> ...browse the tree....
>
> # cd /
> # umount /mnt
>
> Then, you can burn that image to a CD, and see if it works any better.
>


Everything done, and...
All's fine! I am now in the install process!

Thanks a lot.

May be useful to report to Debian ? I don't know how.

Cheers.

Felipe


> Cheers,
>
> Leigh.