On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 10:08:41AM +0100, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Thu, Apr 07, 2011 at 06:58:21PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: > > Graham Keeling wrote: > > > Hello, > > > I'm not sure if this is the right place to talk about this, but here goes: > > > > > > I downloaded the uImage and uInitrd from this location: > > > > > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-armel/current/images/kirkwood/netboot/marvell/sheevaplug/ > > > > > > But it actually ends up installing squeeze, not wheezy. > > > > > > > > > How should I go about getting this fixed? > > > > The installer images on ftp.debian.org are only updated for Debian > > stable releases; that is the same as the squeeze installer currently. > > > > Use a daily build from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > > Thanks for this. > However, I now have some possibly dumb questions. > > On the Sheevaplug, I am used to downloading a uImage and a uInitrd (these > are the only files available in the FTP directory above), putting them on a > USB stick, booting the plug and running commands like this on the u-Boot > command line: > > usb start > ext2load usb 0:1 0x00800000 /uImage > ext2load usb 0:1 0x01100000 /uInitrd > setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200n8 > base-installer/initramfs-tools/driver-policy=most > bootm 0x00800000 0x01100000 > > The only installers that I can find in the daily build directories are iso > images. I do not know how to use these on the plug. > > Is there a way of converting an iso image to a uImage/uInitrd?
My initial thought was that these bits would be inside the iso image somewhere and that I would just need to mount the image on my PC and copy them out. But I've tried mounting it, and there doesn't appear to be the stuff in it that I would expect: invader:~# mount -o loop /home/graham/debian-testing-armel-businesscard.iso /mnt invader:~# ls -la /mnt/ total 290 dr-xr-xr-x 9 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:07 . drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 2011-03-09 10:30 .. dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:07 css lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 2011-04-08 05:07 debian -> . dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:07 .disk dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:07 dists dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2011-04-08 05:07 doc dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:07 install -r--r--r-- 1 root root 36377 2011-04-08 05:07 md5sum.txt dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2011-04-08 05:07 pics dr-xr-xr-x 3 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:07 pool -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8614 2011-04-08 05:07 README.html -r--r--r-- 1 root root 143446 2011-04-01 20:55 README.mirrors.html -r--r--r-- 1 root root 77247 2011-04-01 20:55 README.mirrors.txt -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5245 2011-04-08 05:07 README.txt The install directory contains nothing. Compare it to the daily i386 image: invader:/mnt# mount -o loop /home/graham/debian-testing-i386-businesscard.iso /mnt invader:~# ls -l /mnt/ total 702 -r--r--r-- 1 root root 27 2011-04-08 05:09 autorun.inf dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 css lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 1 2011-04-08 05:09 debian -> . dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 dists dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 doc -r--r--r-- 1 root root 110070 2011-04-07 22:54 g2ldr -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8192 2011-04-07 22:54 g2ldr.mbr dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 install dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 install.386 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 4096 2011-04-08 05:09 isolinux -r--r--r-- 1 root root 22369 2011-04-08 05:09 md5sum.txt dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 pics dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 pool -r--r--r-- 1 root root 8949 2011-04-08 05:09 README.html -r--r--r-- 1 root root 143446 2011-04-01 20:55 README.mirrors.html -r--r--r-- 1 root root 77247 2011-04-01 20:55 README.mirrors.txt -r--r--r-- 1 root root 407 2011-04-08 05:09 README.source -r--r--r-- 1 root root 5533 2011-04-08 05:09 README.txt -r--r--r-- 1 root root 319525 2011-04-07 22:54 setup.exe dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 tools -r--r--r-- 1 root root 237 2011-04-08 05:09 win32-loader.ini The install.386 directory contains this: invader:~# ls -l /mnt/install.386/ total 6438 dr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 2048 2011-04-08 05:09 gtk -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4234931 2011-04-08 05:09 initrd.gz -r--r--r-- 1 root root 45 2011-04-08 05:09 install.bat -r--r--r-- 2 root root 2354496 2011-04-08 05:09 vmlinuz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
