Stephen Zander wrote: > > > Eric Delaunay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Even if the msdos fs is compiled into the kernel, the installation will fail > > because resc1440.bin have to be mounted through the loop service and this > > one > > fails if the image to mount is on nfs partition. > > Oh, joy... Well, I'm past that point anyway (wonderful what just ignoring > a problem can do :)) > > Clearly, though, the basic install process for debian/sparc has some flaws. > Does someone own this process, are we waiting for the new bootdisks Bruce > and others were building, or am I about to volunteer to fix things... :) > > BTW, why is there no kernel-image package for debina/sparc?
Well, I'm working on a kernel-image package based on 2.0.33. I've just one packaged but I need to fix the postinst script (from kernel-package 3.53) to support SILO instead of LILO. I'm also working on new bootdisks but some packages/files are missing. Especially there is no fdisk. Anyone want to package fdisk for sparc ? (consider getting fdisk-2.5-1.src.rpm from RedHat). Yesterday I packaged ash, cpio & util-linux Some of them were already uploaded. The following packages also need to move to libc6 before making bootdisks: dpkg procps getty perl silo I've worked on procps but I cannot release it before making binutils to work. I'm succeeded in compiling binutils 2.8.1.0.19 but shared library name is somewhat non conventional: libbfd-2.8.1.0.19.so.0.0.0 with SONAME libbfd-2.8.1.0.19.so.0 instead of libbfd.so.2.8.1.0.19 I hoped to see. Some of us have worked on perl with partial success. It don't pass all the tests from the test suite and cannot load perl modules without LD_BIND_NOW env variable set to 1 :-( Bye. -- Eric Delaunay | "La guerre justifie l'existence des militaires. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | En les supprimant." Henri Jeanson (1900-1970) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
