Re: EMILE package testers sought
On Tue, 5 Feb 2008, Eugen Paiuc wrote:
/Hi Wouter,
/> Thanks. I've been working on getting the Centris 650 to work with 2.6,
> but $WORK and FOSDEM organization intervened. Thanks for helping me
> test; I'm uploading these packages as I write this.
I thanks you and Laurent for emile package.
Now you may put emile on cd-roms from the new d-i, I meen installing
emile on d-i cdroms images.
Yes, a bootable etch CD would be nice...
Other interesting things, seen after I rescue my IDE disk, on quadra 630, the
root of debian / ( from /dev/hda5)
is seeing/view on hfs partition( deh/hda8) , and we may, even, pic the
kernel from penguin, directly fom directory /debian/boot from hfs partition,
any complain from macos !
|| What is /debian/boot?
I boot in macos on /dev/hda8 , debian is in /dev/hda5 (/dev/hda6 = data
/dev/hda7 = swap )
Originaly mac dont't show any linux partition, so for the user, linux is invisible.
After useing emile macos himself put a compete new directory in the harddisk icon of the desktop,
who is named debian , and has all structure of the debian root partition; which is on /dev/hda5;
/debian/boot /debian/etc /debian/home a.s.o
before I pic'ed the kernel needed for penguin boot from a directory maked by me on mac partition.
now I choose the kernel needed for penguin boot directly from /debian/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-1-mac
which is showing on /dev/hda8, but which is on /dev/hda5.
This is the original disk (made by mac installer)
emile --scanbus
/dev/hda:
Drivers
0: base: 128 size: 26 type: 1793 <3: Macintosh [Apple_Driver_ATA]>
Partitions
/dev/hda1 : Apple [Apple_partition_map]
/dev/hda2 : Macintosh [Apple_Driver43 ] *
/dev/hda3 : Macintosh [Apple_Driver_ATA] *
/dev/hda4 : Patch Partition [Apple_Patches ]
/dev/hda5 : A/UX^[[DNIX [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
/dev/hda6 : A/UNIX [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
/dev/hda7 : A/SWAP [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
/dev/hda8 : untitled 4 [Apple_HFS ] <Apple bootblock> *
/dev/hda9 : Extra [Apple_Free ]
This is the disk after useing emile
/dev/hda:
Drivers
0: base: 128 size: 26 type: ATA <3: Macintosh [Apple_Driver_ATA], SCSI HD driver>
Partitions
1: Apple [Apple_partition_map]
2: Macintosh [Apple_Driver43 ] *
3: Macintosh [Apple_Driver_ATA] *
4: Patch Partition [Apple_Patches ]
5: A/UNIX [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
6: A/UNIX [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
7: A/SWAP [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
8: untitled 4 [Apple_HFS ] *
9: Extra [Apple_Free ]
|| Is that part of the initrd? Or are you saying that
|| /boot could be initialized as HFS during partitioning? Penguin can use a
|| kernel on HFS of course -- I wonder if emile can?
Here we are not in installation process. both OS are installed.
|| Does emile normally list boot blocks?
yes, look at direct bootable _by emile_ disk :
# emile --scanbus
/dev/sda:
Drivers
0: base: 128 size: 32 type: SCSI <3: Macintosh [Apple_Driver43], SCSI HD driver>
Partitions
1: Apple [Apple_partition_map]
2: Macintosh [Apple_Driver43 ] *
3: Macintosh [Apple_Driver43 ] *
4: Patch Partition [Apple_Patches ]
5: root [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
6: swap [Apple_UNIX_SVR2 ]
--> 7: untitled 3 [Apple_HFS ] <EMILE bootblock> *
8: Extra [Apple_Free ]
If we need more experiments , I'm glade to help .
regards
--ee
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