Bug#64500: subject boot-floppies don't want to install kernel & modules on ppc/apus.
- To: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>
- Cc: luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr, 64500@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, linux-apus@sunsite.auc.dk, linux-apus-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
- Subject: Bug#64500: subject boot-floppies don't want to install kernel & modules on ppc/apus.
- From: Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 12:25:26 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20000524122526.D29627@lambda.u-strasbg.fr>
- Mail-followup-to: Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com>, luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr, 64500@bugs.debian.org, control@bugs.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org, linux-apus@sunsite.auc.dk, linux-apus-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
- Reply-to: luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr, 64500@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] oapuqcyfgb.fsf@arroz.fake>; from adam@onshore.com on Tue, May 23, 2000 at 08:11:48PM -0400
- References: <[🔎] 20000522165026.A13670@lambda.u-strasbg.fr> <[🔎] oapuqcyfgb.fsf@arroz.fake>
On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 08:11:48PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> severity 64500 important
> thanks
>
> This bug is not critical since it doesn't cause data loss.
> See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities
Ok, if you feel like it, ...
still it makes debian uninstallable on apus, so it should be severity grave at
least, ...
> Sven LUTHER <luther@lambda.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>
> > the install os kernel & modules i not working on ppc/apus.
>
> Can someone who has ppc/apus confirm this?
I doubt it, ...
i will ask on the linux-apus for someone to confirm this, ...
> > i did it, and got the following log :
> >
> > - installing kernel & modules from
> > /target/home/debian/dists/potato/disks-powerpc/current
> > - running cmd `mount -r -t ext2 /dev/loop0 /floopy'
> > - mounting /dev/loop0 on /floppy failed : Invalid argument
> > - Unable to mount the Rescue floppy, you may have inserted the wrong
> > floppy, please try again.
> >
> > Also i tried it by hand :
> >
> > $ mount -t ext2 -o loop=/dev/loop0 rescue.bin /floppy
> > Mounting root.bin on /floppy failed : Block device required.
> >
> > The same goes with an (uncompressed) root.bin.
> >
> > I have loop builtin the kernel and still it does not work, also the /dev/loop0
> > has the same properties as on the i386 box i have also.
> >
> > The strangest thing is that once i hand installed the modules and completed
> > the install (no need for a kernel because it resides on the amigaos side of
> > the harddisk, there not being any lilo like stuff for apus) i tried again the
> > same command :
> >
> > $ mount -t ext2 -o loop=/dev/loop0 rescue.bin /floppy
> >
> > And it worked without problem.
> >
> > As the apus boot floppies porter, i should solve this problem, but i don't
> > know what to do about it (also i am just now recovering from a total partiton
> > table screw up by a previous boot-floppy experiment, don't know still what
> > happenend then). But if no solution is found to this, i plan to add a "install
> > OS modules" option in the dbootstrap menu, that will install only the modules
> > from the drviers.tgz tarball which is built anyway.
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
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