I tried to build a live-cd for powerpc with the following options:
lh_config -b usb-hdd \
--apt-recommends disabled --apt-secure disabled --categories="main contrib non-free" \
--bootappend-live "locale=sv_SE.UTF-8 keyb=se persistent" \
--mirror-bootstrap "http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/"; \
--mirror-chroot "http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/"; \
--mirror-binary "http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/"; \
--mirror-binary-security "http://security.debian.org"; \
--debian-installer "live" \
-p my-packages
The build failes at what I think is the last step. The installation of
the debian installer seems to finish OK. Here is the last part of the build.log
"P: Begin installing debian-installer
[...]
2009-01-14 18:23:32 URL:http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian//pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6/zlib-modules-2.6.26-1-powerpc64-di_1.44_powerpc.udeb [10072/10072] -> "zlib-modules-2.6.26-1-powerpc64-di_1.44_powerpc.udeb" [1]
2009-01-14 18:23:32 URL:http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian//pool/main/z/zlib/zlib1g-udeb_1.2.3.3.dfsg-12_powerpc.udeb [45588/45588] -> "zlib1g-udeb_1.2.3.3.dfsg-12_powerpc.udeb" [1]
39464 blocks
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
E: Can't process file /sbin/fdiskP: Begin installing memtest...
W: skipping binary_memtest, foreign architecture.
E: Can't process file /sbin/fdiskE: Can't process file /sbin/fdiskE: Can't process file /sbin/fdiskP: Begin installing yaboot...
E: not yet supported, aborting (FIXME).P: Begin unmounting filesystems...
To me, this seems to indicate that installation of yaboot fails. Does
("E. not yet supported, aborting (FIXME)." indicate that -b usb-hdd is
not supported for powerpc?
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Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <hans@sociologi.cjb.net>
A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion
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