Re: debian-installer on arm status

[James <james@buffer.net>]

Peter Naulls wrote:

> In message <[🔎] 20040223185353.GB30148@derik>
>          vince@debian.org wrote:
>
>  
>
> > While true to some extent I did get D-I to the point where I had
> > working tftp images for winder, bast, riscstation. I tried to talk to
> > #debian-boot about autobuilders and kernel-image builders and (as
> > usual) got blown off, this was several months ago and my tree is now
> > very very out of date so needs to be done again...
> >    
>
> Can we have a consensus on what hardware we still care about,
> especially in reference to b-f support?
>
> I will be looking after/testing Iyonix and RiscPC for the foreseeable
> future, and probably one other new platform that's currently in
> development, but I can't name yet.
>
> RiscStation, CATS, NetWinder are obvious choices.  But what about Shark
> - does anyone still care?   And LART - Wookey?  And do you care about
> d-i on BallonBoard?
Hello,

This is an interesting question. Is DI just for desktop/laptop style 
systems, or is/will it be used to
bootstrap a small initial kernel onto all sorts of embedded (arm) boards?

If DI is for a select few machines, then maybe a DI_lite ( or it's 
equivalent) can be developed just to get a
few things, such as serial port, ethernet tftp, etc working on wide 
variety of Arm_boards? It would be especially
nice to list the development (arm) boards from a variety of vendors that 
can boot up a mininal
embedded-linux kernel and minimal debian distro, that maybe only works 
in console mode or
across a serial or ethernet link. Another option is to put DI onto 
Compact Flash/smart_media
for booting.

Sorry, I did not mean to ramble, but  it comes natural.

James