Re: Bug#64500: subject boot-floppies don't want to install kernel & modules on ppc/apus.

[Sven LUTHER <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 08:11:48PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> 
> severity 64500 important
> thanks
> 
> This bug is not critical since it doesn't cause data loss.
> See http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer#severities

Ok, if you feel like it, ...

still it makes debian uninstallable on apus, so it should be severity grave at
least, ...

> Sven LUTHER <luther@lambda.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
> 
> > the install os kernel & modules i not working on ppc/apus.
> 
> Can someone who has ppc/apus confirm this?

I doubt it, ...

i will ask on the linux-apus for someone to confirm this, ...

> > i did it, and got the following log :
> > 
> >   - installing kernel & modules from
> >     /target/home/debian/dists/potato/disks-powerpc/current
> >   - running cmd `mount -r -t ext2 /dev/loop0 /floopy'
> >   - mounting /dev/loop0 on /floppy failed : Invalid argument
> >   - Unable to mount the Rescue floppy, you may have inserted the wrong 
> >     floppy, please try again.
> > 
> > Also i tried it by hand :
> > 
> >   $ mount -t ext2 -o loop=/dev/loop0 rescue.bin /floppy
> >   Mounting root.bin on /floppy failed : Block device required.
> > 
> > The same goes with an (uncompressed) root.bin.
> > 
> > I have loop builtin the kernel and still it does not work, also the /dev/loop0
> > has the same properties as on the i386 box i have also.
> > 
> > The strangest thing is that once i hand installed the modules and completed
> > the install (no need for a kernel because it resides on the amigaos side of
> > the harddisk, there not being any lilo like stuff for apus) i tried again the
> > same command :
> > 
> >   $ mount -t ext2 -o loop=/dev/loop0 rescue.bin /floppy
> > 
> > And it worked without problem.
> > 
> > As the apus boot floppies porter, i should solve this problem, but i don't
> > know what to do about it (also i am just now recovering from a total partiton
> > table screw up by a previous boot-floppy experiment, don't know still what
> > happenend then). But if no solution is found to this, i plan to add a "install
> > OS modules" option in the dbootstrap menu, that will install only the modules
> > from the drviers.tgz tarball which is built anyway.

 Friendly,
 
 Sven LUTHER