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Re: [PATCH] small patch to fix cdrom build for sparc



Blars Blarson wrote:
> In article <[🔎] 20040213012432.GA30332@poindessous.com> 
> thomas@poindessous.com writes:
> >this patch is needed to bix cdrom building for sparc.
> >It's quite ugly, so if someone has a better idea ...
> >
> >tilo needs uncompressed kernel image and vmlinuz* are gzipped.
> 
> Actually, that whole section of code needs to be ripped out of d-i.
> tilo isn't used at all for sparc boot cds, only the kernels and initrd
> images are used by silo from the cd.  Separte initrd images need to be
> built for sparc32 and sparc64.
>
> The tilo images are pseudo-floppies that are not of any use to the
> sparc boot cd, and are apparently built only to look more like
> architectures that use psuedo-floppies on boot cds.

Then the netboot.cfg should build a BOOT image (via tftpboot.sh?),
while cdrom.cfg should use INITRD and KERNEL, and probably also the
MINIISO target.

> Also, the mkiso options in that section are totally wrong for sparc
> boot cds.

Note that the cd_image, cd_contents are obsolete now and probably were
just a copy from i386 or something. The new way is the MINIISO target,
as found for i386 and soon for mips, mipsel.


Thiemo



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