On Thu, Jul 08, 1999 at 03:53:07PM +0100, Adrian Cox wrote: > My embedded PowerPC board booted a Linux kernel for the first time > today. > Now it needs a root file system. Can anybody give me some tips on > setting up a root file system for an embedded PowerPC, in an initrd or > by nfsroot? > > Can I force dpkg on the (x86) host to install PowerPC packages into a > PowerPC root directory? If so, what's a good minimum set for a machine > which only has a serial console?
You're not going to be able to force dpkg to do it; or rather, you don't want to. The --root and --force-arch(itecture?) options will let it work but you are better using dpkg --unpack then --install, and trying to configure it later on the powerpc with dpkg --configure --pending. May need some hand tweaking. Dan /--------------------------------\ /--------------------------------\ | Daniel Jacobowitz |__| SCS Class of 2002 | | Debian GNU/Linux Developer __ Carnegie Mellon University | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \--------------------------------/ \--------------------------------/
