On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 06:35:24PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
Hi,
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i when using
the expert mode, but it is only yet available on i386/amd64.
I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but unfortunately I
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 06:35:24PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
Hi,
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i when
using
the expert mode, but it is only yet available on i386/amd64.
I made this patch to enable grub2
On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 03:38:37PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
Why not put it into the powerpc-utils package then? As far as I
Because Michael Schmitz thinks it is a bad idea, and doesn't really believe
in
group maintenance ?
Sven, I've largely kept silent at your innuendo, but I
Why not put it into the powerpc-utils package then? As far as I
Because Michael Schmitz thinks it is a bad idea, and doesn't really believe in
group maintenance ?
Sven, I've largely kept silent at your innuendo, but I think it's time to
speak plainly again.
This is nothing about me not
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:20:43PM +0200, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:24:41AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
ofpathname is part of the ibm-powerpc-utils package (not the same as the
package currently in debian), and Aurelien Gerome is packaging it, since
yaboot also needs
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 10:19:28AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:20:43PM +0200, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:24:41AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
ofpathname is part of the ibm-powerpc-utils package (not the same as the
package currently in
On Tue, Sep 19, 2006 at 07:47:27AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
Ah, good. Btw, anyone tried loading a 64bit kernel from 32bit grub2? If it
works, we could add ppc64 to the list (using biarch).
As said, a year or two ago, i used grub2 to boot a dual power3 box, which is a
powerpc 64bit
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:33:35PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:16:02AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is strange. I know one of the core grub2 maintainers is using
powerpc
regularly (with code from CVS).
It
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i
when using the expert mode, but it is only yet available on
i386/amd64.
I think powerpc support might be a bit premature. The powerpc code
upstream is a bit lagging compared with
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 09:34:50AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i
when using the expert mode, but it is only yet available on
i386/amd64.
I think powerpc support might be a bit
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:16:46AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 09:34:50AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i
when using the expert mode, but it is only yet
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:24:41AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:16:46AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 09:34:50AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is strange. I know one of the core grub2 maintainers is using powerpc
regularly (with code from CVS).
It certainly works--I've used it myself. But there is so much
duplicated, common, code between the ports, it really is asking for
splitting into
Sven Luther [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As for tools not in Debian, you mean ofpathname? Is the grub2
debian package usable at all without ofpathname? (I understand that
at least grub-install won't work, making d-i support impossible).
ofpathname is part of the ibm-powerpc-utils package (not
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:24:41AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
ofpathname is part of the ibm-powerpc-utils package (not the same as the
package currently in debian), and Aurelien Gerome is packaging it, since
yaboot also needs it over the kind-of-broken ofpath found in the yaboot code,
so this
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:16:02AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote:
Robert Millan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This is strange. I know one of the core grub2 maintainers is using powerpc
regularly (with code from CVS).
It certainly works--I've used it myself. But there is so much
duplicated,
ofpath, and if this one returns empty, abort and
inform the user.
Notice that the grub2/powerpc port was done over a year ago on a pegasos
machine donated for that purpose, and that the guys porting opensolaris on
powerpc use it as their main bootloader, and i have seen it turn a year or so
back
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 08:10:35AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:15:12AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
Thanks. But as I said, I'm not a developer (for lack of time -- I
have a day job, and I'd like to keep it!) What I can do is test things.
If someone who
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:48:32PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 08:10:35AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:15:12AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
Thanks. But as I said, I'm not a developer (for lack of time -- I
have a day job, and I'd like
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:31:59PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:10:53PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
ofpathname is part of the ibm-powerpc-utils package (not the same as the
package currently in debian), and Aurelien Gerome is packaging it, since
yaboot also needs
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 06:23:47PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:31:59PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 12:10:53PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote:
ofpathname is part of the ibm-powerpc-utils package (not the same as the
package currently in
much hassle for me right now. In case someone else wants to
give it a spin though:
http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/debian-installer-netboot-powerpc-grub2.iso
--
Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://tungstengraphics.com
Libre software enthusiast | Debian, X
On Fri, Sep 08, 2006 at 12:15:12AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
Rick Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but
unfortunately I can't
test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 06:40:26PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
Hi Robert,
I'd love to test it. And I have PPC hardware (PowerPC Macs) to test
it on. But I'm not a developer. What can I do to help?
Here's a short explanation:
- Checkout d-i source.
- Apply my patch and build
Hi,
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i when using
the expert mode, but it is only yet available on i386/amd64.
I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but unfortunately I can't
test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try
On Sep 7, 2006, at 12:35 PM, Robert Millan wrote:
Hi,
As you might know, experimental grub2 support has been added to d-i
when using
the expert mode, but it is only yet available on i386/amd64.
I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but
unfortunately I can't
test
Rick Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but
unfortunately I can't
test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it?
--
Robert Millan
Hi Robert,
I'd love to test it. And I have PPC hardware (PowerPC Macs) to test
On Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 08:00:42PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote:
Rick Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but
unfortunately I can't
test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it?
--
Robert Millan
Hi Robert
On Sep 7, 2006, at 7:00 PM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
Rick Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I made this patch to enable grub2 for powerpc as well, but
unfortunately I can't
test it (no ppc hardware here). Would anyone like to try it?
--
Robert Millan
Hi Robert,
I'd love to test it. And I
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