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Re: powerpc d-i build



Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 04:04:40AM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> > > We have two kernels and two module sets only. The normal powerpc, which
> > > has pmac, chrp, chrp-rs6k and prep images, and the powerpc-small. Maybe
> > > at a later time we can use only the powerpc-small, but we need more
> > > experience with that.
> > > 
> > > And then, there is apus, which use a separate kernel image, and thus
> > > it's own modules too.
> > 
> > Ah, forgot about apus there. So powerpc is multi kernel/initrd too.
> 
> Yep, we need 3 initrd, apus, powerpc and powerpc-small. The two latest
> may be reunited later on, but i am not sure about it. apus doesn't need
> special stuff for booting though, and can handle separate initrd's. We
> just need to include the apusboot program, and maybe a nice script or
> icon for it. There were some people i am still in contact with which did
> some graphical frontend to apusboot i think, i will see if we can use
> it. I guess it is free as in stuff going to contrib. We have the source,
> the binary, but you need amigaos toolchain to build it.

I think the usual amiga icon you click at or drop into your WBStartup
folder will do.

MfG
        Goswin



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