Re: Installing Debian on iSeries
Hi,
I have post some messages with a little howto to install a Debian 3.0
under iSeries ..
I'm trying to adapt the installer to simplify the installation .. but i
don't have enough time :)
I will post news about the advance ..
--
Christophe Suire <christophe.suire@adelux.fr>
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 17:47, Joe Phillips wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 11:35, Christian Lugo wrote:
>
> > I read a post in a Debian PowerPC mailing list where you ask if the
> > installation of Debian is possible.
>
> I'm CCing the list so others can comment/benefit.
>
> > I'm in the same situation now (wondering if it can be done :-), I read
> > some post from people that actually have done it.
>
> I too have found some posts. I'm sure it's possible. I get the
> impression that it will require some manual work to get running today. I
> don't think the stock PPC debian installer works on iSeries.
>
> My impression is that we can get any stock powerpc distro to work as
> long as we have an iSeries compatible kernel. That is to say that
> AFAIK, the only custom, iSeries-specific software we need should be the
> kernel.
>
> > And I will like to ask you some tips for the installation or where can I
> > find more information.
>
> I'm actually just on the cusp of working on this. Just last week my
> partners & I took the time to get an old copy of SuSE 7.1 running on our
> development iSeries. It works. Within the next week or so, I expect to
> attempt to port debootstrap and possibly debian-installer within this
> SuSE system.
>
> My goal will be to build a powerpc netinst image with an
> iSeries-specific kernel. Obviously, my hope is to improve Debian
> installation on iSeries in general as opposed to just getting it to work
> on this one system.
>
> If your goal is to just get Debian on one system, I think you can get
> away with using the SuSE boot media to bring up an initrd system and
> manually perform the debian installer steps.
>
> I'll let you know how I progress and I'd be happy to trade tips and
> experiences.
>
> good luck,
>
> -joe
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