Re: Install Sarge on an embedded PowerPC
Hi,
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Joerg Sommer wrote:
> Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> wrote:
> > Hello all
> >
> > I've got myself an embedded powerpc platform (kurobox) and I'd like to
> > install Sarge on it. My problem is - the board doesn't boot from CD, the
> > bootloader is proprietary and I cannot load initrd... So, AFAIU, I cannot
> > use any of the standard installation methods.
...
> Is debootstrap an alternative?
On Mon, 20 Mar 2006, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> Suggestion A. debootstrap. I don't know the details, but I think it
> does what you want.
Sorry for not replying immediately - no idea how I skipped the replies...
Yes, I did find debootstrap eventually, and it is indeed what I need, just
it wasn't very trivial to use it either - almost all necessary tools and
libraries were missing in the original busybox-based distro, so, I ended
up first installing some intermediate solution from somebody who has
already installed Sarge on kurobox, and then running debootstrap to get a
"virgin" Debian:-)
> Suggestion B. How about just copying all files from a minimal working
> powerpc installation to a directory and export that rw? (copy the
> modules needed for your custom kernel, but since you compile the
> kernel yourself you could compile in all necessary drivers). It's not
> elegant but it might work.
Yep, as you see, I ended up using a combination os these 2 suggestions:-)
Thanks
Guennadi
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Guennadi Liakhovetski
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