On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 12:18:35AM +0100, Ulrich Teichert wrote: > Hi, > > >Prep support is missing in 2.6.16 and 2.6.17 debian kernels. It is present in > >2.6.18 kernels, with the -prep flavour, thanks to the work i did. I have not > >had time to test them, so feedback on this would be welcome, but at least > >they > >build. > > > >Please try the weekly cd builds (altough i never did manage to boot from cd), > >or better yet the netboot daily builds : > > > > > > http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc/daily/prep/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd > > OK, I'll give 'em a spin on Sunday - I have guests tomorrow (well, rather > later today) and won't have time before. > > >You do have a powerstack II (in a beige housing) or a powerstack I (in a hifi > >radio like black housing) ? > > It's a powerstack II. I have a powerstack I as well, but it got damaged > during transport and does not boot right now - no idea if I will get this > fixed. Is it even supported upstream?
The same kernel supports it, but you need a .ppcbug instead of the .prep boot wrapper. I had access to some such in oldenbourg two years ago, and saw linux boot on it. If you ever bring it to work again, i would be very interested in having you test the .ppcbug (which is currently not built, but which i can enable again easily if there is a need) kernel wrapper, and give us some feedback on how d-i works on it. > >Also, note that you will need the -prep flavour, and no more the powerpc > >flavour, since prep did not yet migrate to ARCH=powerpc (together with apus, > >who is also disabled). > > Yeah, I know, Cool, Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
