Re: d-i: 4.3. Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting
On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Lennart Sorensen
<lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 08:36:22AM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Lennart Sorensen
>> <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 12:16:27PM +0200, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
>> >> Does anyone knows what happen to section:
>> >>
>> >> 4.3. Preparing Files for USB Memory Stick Booting
>> >>
>> >> in the powerpc install guide ?
>> >>
>> >> I see it alright from here:
>> >>
>> >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04.html.en
>> >
>> > Well that's x86_64 so totally different thing.
>> >
>> >> but not from here:
>> >>
>> >> https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch04.html.en
>> >>
>> >> AFAIK USB booting works from powerpc system (at least some that I tried).
>> >>
>> >> Also I see reference to powerpc in the raw XML file:
>> >>
>> >> http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/d-i/trunk/manual/en/install-methods/boot-usb-files.xml?view=markup
>> >>
>> >> Comments ?
>> >
>> > You could try to follow the older instructions and it might work:
>> >
>> > https://www.debian.org/releases/etch/powerpc/ch05s01.html.en
>> >
>> > Section 5.1.3 says newworld mac booting from USB. It has to be done
>> > manually from openfirmware though, so it is probably the most complicated
>> > boot method there is.
>> >
>> > It also had a warning that it might not work. Maybe it was removed from
>> > newer release's documentation for a reason.
>>
>> That was precisely my point: why did it got removed ? And if so why is
>> the upstream (raw) XML still referencing the USB boot mechanism for
>> powerpc ?
>>
>> > The instructions from Ubuntu might work too:
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#How_do_I_boot_from_a_USB_drive.3F
>>
>> Neat it contains some more extra information I was not aware, thanks !
>>
>> I did follow:
>>
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2012/08/msg00042.html
>>
>> and it works for me, on a Mac Mini G4 (PPC).
>>
>> Full steps:
>>
>> # wget http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/8.4.0/powerpc/iso-cd/firmware-8.4.0-powerpc-netinst.iso
>> # wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/hd-media/boot.img.gz
>> # zcat boot.img.gz > /dev/sdb
>> # sync
>> [manually eject + plug USB drive again]
>> # cp firmware-8.4.0-powerpc-netinst.iso /media/mathieu/bootable
>> drive/shortname.iso
>>
>> [reboot + press and hold cmd/option/o/f]
>>
>> > boot usb1/disk@1:2,\\yaboot
>> [some silly warning that partition cannot be read]
>> boot: install
>
> I think maybe the 2 should be a 1 for the partition. Not certain.
>
>> done !
>>
>> The only tricky part was that the name
>> 'firmware-8.4.0-powerpc-netinst.iso' is a bit too long for HFS (AFAIK)
>> and the file extension was *.si instead of *.iso which is an issue for
>> the debian installer (hence the need for a shorter name on the USB
>> disk).
>>
>> I'll make an installation-reports bug report for stretch and ask for
>> the documentation clarification from there.
>
> Well checking the iso powerpc image, it has a partition table and yaboot
> is there, so I think the hd-media step is not needed. I think you can
> just write the iso to the usb key and it would work just as well.
Hum. I tried burning the iso directly on key, but the filesystem was
ISO 9660 which Open Firmware refused to read...
If you want I can try harder tonight, but I assumed the key needed to be in HFS.
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