Hi Adrian, On 21.01.19 12:48, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I have created updated installation images for Debian Ports, > please find the updated images below and test them [1]. >> [1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-01-21/
Thanks again for your efforts! I did initial tests with a 32bit machine (with qemu), and with a 64bit physical machine. Qemu-howto is available here: https://parisc.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Qemu Both had minor issues which maybe partly have happened due to the way I tested. 1. The qemu machine was started (by mistake) with 2 virtual 32-bit CPUs, although we currently provide only 32-bit UP kernels in the repos. I think this is why it failed to install a bootable kernel in the end: ┌────────────────────┤ [!] Install the base system ├────────────────────┐ │ │ ┌│ No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources. │ ││ │ ││ You may try to continue without a kernel, and manually install your │ ││ own kernel later. This is only recommended for experts, otherwise you │ ││ will likely end up with a machine that doesn't boot. │ ││ │ └│ Continue without installing a kernel? I think this will be fixed when we continue with providing the combined UP/SMP kernels with kernel 4.20 (or higher). I think this would not have happened when I would have booted a virtual machine with only one CPU. I will need to test that again later. 2. I ran the 64bit installation on a 64-bit rp5470 machine, but I did not burned an installation CD, but instead used "dd" to dump the ISO to an empty hard disc from which I booted. This sounds strange but basically works. The problem I faced with this method was, that the installer complained during partioning calculation, that the kernel has no support for "Software-RAID (md)" and "LVM". Either the modules were forgotten for the 64bit kernel in the initramfs, or it failed to find them on the "virtual" CD. I will look into both issues again later. One thing which is maybe important: We have not yet imported the old palo- and aboot- (for alpha machines) related d-i code into salsa d-i git repositories. The latest git dumps are still downloadable here: https://alioth-archive.debian.org/git/d-i/attic/partman-palo.git.tar.xz https://alioth-archive.debian.org/git/d-i/attic/palo-installer.git.tar.xz https://alioth-archive.debian.org/git/d-i/attic/aboot-installer.git.tar.xz https://alioth-archive.debian.org/git/d-i/attic/srm-reader.git.tar.xz Are you planning to request import of those into d-i in the salsa repositories? Helge