Re: Reproducing cd build

[Frederic Bonnard <frediz@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

Hi Steve,

> >diff --git a/build/config/ppc64el.cfg b/build/config/ppc64el.cfg
> >index af0afb7..48c1bbe 100644
> >--- a/build/config/ppc64el.cfg
> >+++ b/build/config/ppc64el.cfg
> >@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ arch_cd_info_dir:
> >                KERNEL /install/vmlinux \
> >                INITRD /install/initrd.gz \
> >        < $(GRUB_CFG_CDROM) > $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR)/boot/grub/grub.cfg
> >-       grub-mkimage -O powerpc-ieee1275 -p '(ieee1275/cdrom)/boot/grub' \
> >+       grub-mkimage -O powerpc-ieee1275 -p '()/boot/grub' \
> >                -o $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR)/boot/grub/powerpc.elf \
> >                $(GRUB_MODULES) $(GRUB_MODULES_CDROM)
> >        cp -p /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/bootinfo.txt \
> >
> >On PowerVM if no devalias is defined for cdrom in the OF, the current code fails.
> >With the change it will work. I guess that can help also in case the debian installer
> >is ran from a USB key (PowerVM and even qemu from SLOF).
> >I saw afterwards that this has been fixed a long time ago in Ubuntu :
> >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1334793
> >But it hasn't been pulled in debian :( ; should it be pulled from Ubuntu to keep
> >credits or should I send a patch ?
> 
> Hmmm. Is there a patch to grub2 as well, or just the change in d-i
> build config?

This modification was enough. I just changed ppc64el.cfg and rebuild the iso
which then worked.

F.