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Bug#385175: debian-installer: [powerpc] let's move powerpc d-i into the initramfs era ...



Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal
Tags: patch d-i


Well, i believe there is no reason for any of the 2.6 arches to still use
cramfs, not sure though. In any case, powerpc can handle initramfs just fine
(and indeed, it is used by initramfs-tools for the real ramdisk), and i
believe ubuntu also produces initramfs for their installer incarnation on
powerpc.

So, the attached patch uses an initramfs for all powerpc subarches. Tested on
IBM pSeries p505.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Index: config/powerpc.cfg
===================================================================
--- config/powerpc.cfg	(revision 40291)
+++ config/powerpc.cfg	(working copy)
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 SUBARCH_SUPPORTED = powerpc powerpc64 # apus
 
 KERNELMAJOR = 2.6
-INITRD_FS = cramfs
+INITRD_FS = initramfs
 
 # create the kernels with builtin initrd.
 builtin_initrd: $(TEMP_KERNEL) $(TEMP_INITRD)

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