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has caused the Debian Bug report #236581,
regarding Unsupported subarch powerpc/iseries - as400
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: March 06,2004 debian-installer built from cvs
sources
uname -a: Linux segdebtst 2.4.21-powerpc-iseries #1 SMP Fri Feb 6 08:50:55 CET
2004
ppc64 GNU/Linux
Date: March 06,2004
Method: boot with initrd, netinstall, sarge, proxy/http
Machine: IBM iSeries 840 - 64-bit iSeries Logical Partition
Processor: S-star
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device: IDE: /dev/viod/disc0/disc
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/viod/disc0/disc: 16.7 GB, 16779571200 bytes
4 heads, 32 sectors/track, 256035 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 128 * 512 = 65536 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/viod/disc0/part1 1 15000 959984 83 Linux
/dev/viod/disc0/part2 15001 24156 585984 82 Linux
swap
Yes - the root partition is very small - that's my mistake.
Output of lspci:
02:1a.0 Ethernet controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32
LANCE] (rev 26)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
iSeries (also known as AS400) supports to run Linux in
"Logical Partitions" as guest operating system beside the
native OS/400 operating system. Processortype/architecture is
64-bit powerpc. The Linux kernel for iSeries needs the
ppc64 patch - see: http://www.penguinppc64.org/source.shtml.
There is still no Debian powerpc subarch for "iseries", but it
seems to be possible to add support for this type of subarch.
Look at this list of udebs which I had to modify - the changes
are really small and most only add subarch "iseries".
Of course an additional kernel-package/udeb is necessary for
iSeries.
Let me know your opinion.
busybox: insmod/depmod doesn't work with 64-bit kernel - had
to compile busybox without insmod... and include native binaries.
Had to compile hwclock into busybox in order to set time - otherwise
install fails.
languagechooser: don't change default - otherwise iSeries virtual
console hangs
archdetect: had to add iSeries detect
kbd-chooser: needs to add iSeries viocons device - had to disable
"loadkeys"-function because it fails on "virtual console".
partitioner: needs to add iSeries viocons device - works with fdisk.
partconf: could create and mount root partition - swap needs to be done
manually as partconf fails selecting swap partition.
base-installer: postinst needs to add powerpc/iseries kernel version -
had to patch postinst with additional items in sources.list in order
to provide location of my own kernel package.
Had to create fstab manually in /target/etc - don't know why postinst
skipped this step?
Had to rename /target/etc/rcS.d/S18hwclockfirst to S08hwclockfirst -
otherwise reboot loops with check filesystem.
Base install finished successfuly and I could complete "tasksel"
without any problems.
Karl Kappel
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I contacted the original submitter of this report and as there's no chance
to test it again on the named hardware and there is no activity in years
it was agreed to close this bug (at least until there's activity and
hardware available).
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Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,
Miguel Figueiredo
http://www.DebianPT.org
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