On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 05:45:18PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> writes: > >> On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 03:23:14AM +0100, Kurt Roeckx wrote: >>>Did I miss anything about this? I would like to add those >>>netinst images to my daily builds for ages but I never was able >>>to make it build properly. >> >> I've not really looked into the netinst changes yet. I've written and >> tested regular AMD64 CDs and DVDs, and they seem to work OK at this >> point. >> >>>I also mailed you my old patches and never heard anything about >>>it anymore. >> >> Sorry, that was me being crap. They were a good start - thanks! I'm >> planning to get some of the changes into CVS tonight. I believe they're all in now. The only things you should need to configure differently to a normal debian-cd run is the location of the mirror. I've just tested creating CD#1 (then fixed some module names and tested again :-( ) and installed fine on my system. AMD64 is nice and fast for that bit, at least! :-) Things still remaining: * I've fixed tasks/debian-installer and tasks/debian-installer+kernel; I'm not 100% certain that tools/generate_di* will do the right thing, but I think so. * The help text in isolinux will need updating for amd64: we don't have a 2.4 kernel, and a lot of the older boot options listed make no sense either. So far things seem to work fine for me, but I haven't extensively tested installer options like md and lvm. The image is _just_ small enough to fit on a normal 650MB CD, and I've placed the jigdo and template files up at http://haydn.debian.org/~93sam/amd64-cd/ The jigdo points to a snapshot I've created too; I'll keep it around for a few days in case people want to try it. >That is good to hear. > >Something someone else said had me thinking about mixed CDs. >Amd64/Em64t is fully capable of running 32 and 64 bit at the same >time. It should be possible to boot the 64bit kernel, run the 32bit >debian-installer and install either 32bit or 64bit debian. > >So what I'm thinking of is adding the 64bit kernel to D-I and patch in >a question "Install 32 bit (default) / Install 64 bit (experimental)" >question if a 64bit kernel is running. Sounds cool. >As for debian-cd: What do you think about adding an option to use >different archs for the debs and udebs on a cd? Or including both >sets? I'm happy to see that kind of thing suggested, although I'm a little short on time to do it myself right now. What I'd _love_ to do is try and create an all-in-one CD or DVD which will boot and install on several architectures. AMD64/i386/ppc should definitely be possible, and I'm hoping to be able to fit several more. Watch this space... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com "Because heaters aren't purple!" -- Catherine Pitt
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