Re: Bug#619236: debian PS3 installation kboot.conf needed
Hi Cyril,
On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:21:28 +0100
Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> Adding -powerpc to the loop. Initial bug report:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=619236
>
> Geoff Levand <geoff@infradead.org> (2013-09-04):
> > We still have a need for the kboot-utils package in debian. Recent
> > daily builds of D-I work fine on PS3, but the installed system still
> > cannot boot due to lack of a kboot.conf file for the PS3's native
> > bootloader (petitboot).
>
> Is anyone working on getting better PS3 support?
kboot-utils is in Debian[1] already, all that is missing is to find a
way to tell the installer:
"if this system is a PS3, then install kboot-utils"
Can anyone suggest where this kind of logic can be added in d-i?
I didn't manage to allocate enough time to look deeper into that.
Thanks,
Antonio
[1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/k/kboot-utils.html
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