Re: Install debian sparc64 with a hdd/ssd as source
Sorry..obvious error in my last post, resulting from a cut-paste-mix
of a grub2 iso-boot tutorial...
"casper" should be "install"...or wherever the kernel and initrd
reside in the iso.
linux (loop)/install/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash
initrd (loop)/install/casper/initrd.gz
Regards,
Connor
On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you Stan, this looks promising and easy enough.
>
> Another method i found working, but not as convenient as the above, is
> to install grub2 on another system with a working cdrom and then to
> add an iso residing on an existing partition as menuenty in grub.
> The only difference compared to x86/64 are the needed modules and the
> adressing of the drive, like:
>
> menuentry "Debian ISO" {
> set isofile="/path/to/file/name-of-iso-file-.iso"
> insmod gzio
> insmod part_sun
> insmod <yourfilesystem_needed e.g. ext2/xfs>
>
> loopback loop (ieee1275/disk, sun1)$isofile
> echo "Starting $isofile..."
> linux (loop)/casper/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash
> initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.gz
> }
>
> Regards,
> Connor
>
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 11:46 PM Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/5/22 9:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > is there a sparc64 debian installer image available somewhere that i
> > > could write with dd to a hdd/ssd and boot from it?
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Connor
> > >
> >
> > Hi Connor,
> >
> > As I recall, the last time I tried to install Debian SID from the Debian
> > installer CD, it did not recognize my CD drive (despite having just
> > booted the CD from that drive). So I copied the entire installation CD
> > to a spare 1 GB disk (something like "dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/sdb
> > bs=64k"). I was then able to boot from that disk and proceeded to a full
> > installation. My existing installation was Debian 7.8, which was able to
> > recognize the CD drive.
> >
> > -Stan
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