Re: powerpc status and missing 2.6.7 .udebs and .debs in sarge.
Hmmmm...
I have had a different experience.
Last night I downloaded and installed on my test-machine [beige G3
mini-tower (OldWorld)] using the 2.6.7 kernel from:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/powerpc/20040715/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso
Everything went precisely according to plan. I was amazed!
I used my usual "BootX from MacOS-9" technique, so I bypassed the
"install bootloader" step. This may have also bypassed the problems
that Sven is noticing...?
I chose "testing" when it asked what version I wanted to install.
It came remarkably close to passing the "chicken test" (train a chicken
to peck on the "return" key whenever it pauses). The only exceptions
being (1) to manually partition the disk, (2) to manually skip over the
"install bootloader" step, and (3) and to manually copy the kernel and
ramdisk images into the MacOS-9 partition's system folder prior to the
initial reboot.
Rick
On Fri, 2004-07-16 at 04:11, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 09:38:38AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > As of today, all installs of the 2.6 powerpc d-i fail.
> >
> > netboot with sid .udebs and .debs
> >
> > => broken due to ppp/libpcap0.8 mess.
> >
> > netboot with sarge .udebs and .debs
> >
> > => broken because even if we install with 2.6.7 kernel,
> > there are no 2.6.7 module .udebs in sarge.
> >
> > Solution: please have the 2.6.7 module .udebs moved to sarge ASAP.
> > This doesn't break anything, since they don't replace anything that
> > was usefull for working in sarge.
> >
> > In general, there seems to be a problem here, since using the sid .udebs
> > to build the netboot initrd, but then not being able to use the sid
> > .udebs of the archive together with the sarge .debs is a problem.
> >
> > Also, i wonder why we don't move the sid .udebs to sarge, now that we
> > have decided to forget about the sarge .udebs and go with sid_d-i for
> > the next beta/tc/rc.
> >
> > netinst. This uses sid .udebs and sarge .deb.
> >
> > => broken because there are no 2.6 kernels .debs on the CD.
> >
> > Mmm, i wonder, maybe the businesscard iso should be able to work, will
> > try it out.
>
> And businesscard failed because of some stupid kernel-image postinst
> warning about overwriting the modules. I guess it may well be a bug of
> RC status that kernel-package doesn't provide debconfified
> pre/postinst/rm scripts.
>
> Friendly,
>
> Sven Luther
>
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