Hello!
I am preparing press release of Debian Woody for Polish Debian users.
We will also include full binary CD set and (as we want to get some new
users that use RH/Mdk/whatever ATM) ability of the installer choice
(which would be BIG adventage).
Yes - the ideal goal would be to have one CD set with both installers
(PGI from http://hackers.progeny.com/pgi/ and boot-floppies).
Is anyone else working on sth similar? Please drop me info on how it
works for you and what problems you have/what you have achieved already.
But for now I am just trying to get PGI working and have one current
problem and some questions (see at the bottom):
I am running pgi-build with those options:
--builder=greg@sente.pl
--complete
--tmpdir=/opt/media/pgitmp
--codename=base-config
--kernel-version=2.4.18-386
--pgi-mirror=ftp://ftp.pl.debian.org
-o /var/data/output
--build-mirror=/var/data/mirror
--no-include-source
I have troubles running depmod on 2.4.18 kernel (as I am running
different kernel), getting this:
make: Entering directory `/usr/share/pgi'
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/share/pgi/stage0'
rm -r /opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge
mkdir -p /opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules
# this really sucks; I wish you could tell depmod to write to standard
output
cp --dereference --recursive /lib/modules/2.4.18-386
/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules
sudo depmod -b /opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge -F
/boot/System.map-2.4.18-386 -a 2.4.18-386
depmod: can't handle sections of type 393216
/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules/2.4.18-386/kernel/drivers/net/8139cp.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules/2.4.18-386/kernel/drivers/block/paride/paride.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules/2.4.18-386/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/hci_uart.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules/2.4.18-386/kernel/drivers/bluetooth/hci_usb.o
[..... skipped ......]
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules/2.4.18-386/kernel/drivers/net/sb1000.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in
/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/depmod_kludge/lib/modules/2.4.18-386/kernel/drivers/net/smc-ultra.o
make[1]: *** [/opt/media/pgitmp/misc/modules.dep] B³±d 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/share/pgi/stage0'
make: *** [_all_recursive] B³±d 2
make: Leaving directory `/usr/share/pgi'
I also have some questions/problems that arise:
- Can I build woody's CDs using unstable system? (If the answer isn't
"it should just build OK" - what to do to accomplish it?)
- pgi-build seems to not recognize --misctmpdir and --output !
- can --output be on NFS? or is sth in there mounted on loop during the
CD creation process?
- If everything is OK I will want to have both installers on those CDs,
maybe:
* boot-floppies (a few flavours) on the first CD
* PGI on the #2 CD
Is it possible to do? I saw --with-debian-debootstrap option and I
belive it should be used? Is it tested option? Will it work?
If it's not possible with resonable amount of work - I'd like to know
*now*, I'll just skip the idea of having such a great and easy
installer as PGI :-(
As Woody nears I am running out of time as we plan to do the press
release ASAP right after the official woody release.
Best regards
Grzegorz Prokopski
PS: I have not found better place to ask it than d-d. Branden seems to
ignore my emails (he must be too busy I belive), on b-f the mail was
also ignored (PGI is not their domain so I understand)...
Am I alone in trying PGI? Is nobody else interested in it? ;-)
I am on the list and will happily read all the answers you write ;-)
(standard d-d's disclaimer: no flames please ;-)
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