Bug#706735: installation-reports: [armhf] Installing an i.MX53 loco
* Uwe Kleine-Koenig <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de> [1970-01-01 01:46]:
> Image version: http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-armhf/current/images/mx5/netboot/efikamx/uI{mage,nitrd}
> Date: 2013-05-03
>
> Machine: Freescale i.MX53 LOCO
>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> * I booted the efika kernel+initrd on my Loco board. I had to overwrite the
> uImage's load address because the i.MX53 on the Loco doesn't have RAM at
> 0x90000000.
> * I didn't test it (because I don't have physical access to the system) but
> I think the automatic installation would have overwritten the boot loader.
> But I admit it's hard to detect where the bootloader is.
> * With the original uInitrd the installer fails to select a kernel to install.
> The patch for http://bugs.debian.org/706643 fixes that though.
> * Again with the original uInitrd one of the last dialogs tells:
> You will need to boot manually with the kernel on partition
> /dev/mmcblk1p1 and root=/dev/mmcblk1p2 passed as a kernel argument.
> This is wrong, because there was no kernel installed.
> * I installed via a serial connection (on ttymxc0). It would have been nice
> if the installed system had a getty running on that serial line.
>
> Other than that I'm very satisfied with the overall installation.
I just saw your install report from 2013 that nobody responded to.
I hope all of these issues have been addressed. I've copied Karsten
Merker who might know.
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Martin Michlmayr
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