Re: "boot.img" with Fusion-MPT LSI / Symbios Logic 53c1030 support?

[Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>]

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, Karel Panek wrote:

> I'm just trying to install (tftp / rarp / boot.img) Debian onto a sparc64 
> machine with the following SCSI adapter:
>
> "LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 
> 07)"
>
> Current boot.img provided on Debian mirrors is based on kernel 2.6.15, 
> however the driver I need is in 2.6.16 and needs also MPT support enabled. Is 
> there some EFFECTIVE way how to get boot.img with required attributes and 
> therefore make the installation possible? The only way I see now is 
> cross-compilation from different architecture which is quite complex and 
> time-consuming process.

Hi Karel,

You might want to try one of the daily netboot images, available at

http://people.debian.org/~stappers/d-i/images/daily/sparc64/netboot/2.6/

I believe they are based on kernel 2.6.16.

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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