Re: testing the etch installer
On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 05:17:55PM -0600, Stephen R Marenka wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 09:33:48PM +0100, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> > Hi,
> > has anybody tested the etch installer on m68k yet? I need to reinstall my
>
> I haven't tested it in a while. Maybe I can get it fired up this week.
>
> > Falcon/CT60 and I thought I'd give it a try. The RC1 release of the
> > installer does not include any atari kernels, since we activated building
> > for atari only after RC1 was released, so I expected some troubles.
>
> I haven't added atari back to d-i since it was dropped from the debian
> kernels. I'll try to get to that soon.
As soon as d-i switches to 2.6.18 I guess?
> > I downloaded the netinst CD image (debian-testing-m68k-netinst.iso) The
> > installer scripts are in install/tools and for the amiga users there even
> > .info files down to this directory. There is an amiga directory, but no
> > amiga.info file, that one seems to have been misplaced in the install
> > directory. The StartInstall files all contain this:
> > -k //kernels/vmlinuz-2.4.27-amiga
> > However, the CD image only contains vmlinuz-2.6.17-2-amiga for the amiga.
> > This needs to be adjusted. I have no idea if the StartInstall scripts for
> > the various graphic cards still work, the drivers are being removed from
> > linux 2.6.19 since they have been marked broken for a long time.
>
> So should we drop the StartInstall scripts or maybe just have a sample?
No, don't drop them, just change the kernel version. With 2.6.18 the graphic
cards might still work, even though I doubt it. But maybe it encourages some
amiga users to fix those kernel drivers? I know I want my PicassoIV to work
some time, but I don't think I would get to look at it this year...
> > For the mac, there exists no directory in the install folder, ie no Penguin
> > boot loader, no bootargs, only the kernel image. Is this enough to boot a
> > mac with emile? I did not find emile on the image, though.
>
> I haven't added an emile install bit yet. Penguin is contrib, so it's in
> the dailies, but not the RC.
Why is Penguin in contrib? Isn't it free software? At least it would be good
to have a usable config for Penguin on the CD, I guess the options have
changed a little since sarge.
> > For the atari, nothing is on the image, but I hope atari will be included in
> > RC2, at least bootstr.app and a bootargs should be provided. I just used the
> > vmlinuz from linux-image-2.6.18-3-atari_2.6.18-6_m68k.deb, since the
> > ethernec driver is built in, but I haven't tested that image before. I am
> > using the following bootargs:
> > -s -d -k vmlinux -r initrd.gz root=/dev/ram video=atafb:sthigh console=tty devfsd=nomount load_ramdisk=1 debian-installer/framebuffer=false ramdisk_size=13000
>
> Okay, I'll make these changes if you think they're correct.
I still have my doubts about the video option, but the other options seem to
be ok/working/needed. But I need to check with a 2.4.30 kernel, still
setting up my new desktop, no crossbuilt kernels yet.
> Do you have all of Michael's patches in the debian kernels?
I think so, at least a previous version of that kernel worked fine on my
Falcon, ie with EtherNEC. Until I managed to destroy my partition table...
in TOS.
Christian
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