Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/3/20 2:05 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I uploaded updated Debian installer CD images today.
>
> These come with the latest versions of the kernel and the debian-installer
> application as well as various other updates. The images can be found at
> the usual location [1] as well as the debian-installer for netboot [2].
>
> Known issues:
>
> - We still don't have support for contrib and non-free, so the images are
> missing non-free firmware. It is planned that the Debian Ports FTP server
> will be extended to support contrib and non-free but I don't have any
> influence on that as this is up to the Debian Ports FTP maintainers.
>
> So far, I have tested the images on sparc64 only. Please test on the other
> architectures and report back.
>
> Thanks,
> Adrian
>
>> [1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2020-12-03/
>> [2] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-installer/2020-12-03/
>
Install on an old PowerMac quad went smoothly however the system will
not boot. I merely see the flashing Mac symbol in the center of the
blank screen where it seems there is no bootable filesystem found.
I did use the "guided" partition approach.
Somewhat mystified by this result.
--
Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
GreyBeard and suspenders optional
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