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From: "Geoff Levand" <geoffrey.levand@am.sony.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:43 PM
To: <514055@bugs.debian.org>; <cbe-oss-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: [Cbe-oss-dev] debian still not working on PS3
Hi,
I just tried the latest testing CD (2000.02.12), and it still
fails with the same problem I reported for Lenny DI RC2. The
installer fails on mounting the CD-ROM.
The PS3 ps3_gelic network and PS3 ps3rom and ps3disk storage
drivers are missing from the installer's initrd.
I entered a bug report that went unanswered here:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514055
-Geoff
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Hi This is indeed correct. Typing install64 at the kboot prompt and having
the Debian Lenny disc in the drive brings up the installer but it fails at
mounting the CD Rom. I got around this by trying to install from a usb
device with an iso image of Debian Lenny on the usb device but the
installer ultimately fails because it cannot find drivers for the network
card and the PS3 HDD. There is an option of loading the drivers from an
external device but I don't know where to get the missing drivers from. I
am not sure if it is the initrd image though because I substituted the
vmlinux file from the Debian disc and used the vmlinux file from the linux
addon disc for ps3 and used the intrid file from the Debian disc and that
solved the problem although the kernel had to be installed separately.
Where can I get the missing drivers from and what format do they need to
be in in order to loading them from externel device from the debian
installer. Thanks.