Hello, First off, thanks very much to Aritz, Goswin and Kurt for your thurrough explainations regarding getting the pure64 distro installed via the debootstrap utility.
I am definitely learning a lot about Debian and pure64! Unfortunately ignorance on my part has caused me to run up against a wall! In my original message I wrote that I had successfully compiled a 64-bit kernel with speakup patched in. What I didn't realise at the time is that I needed a toolchain for pure64 and needed to cross-compile the kernel. What I did was just compiled it using a reasonably old version of gcc on my 32-bit Slackware environment and thought it would just work. Whoops! Surprise after rebooting with this kernel I am not able to execute 64-bit binaries - including those installed by the debootstrap utility. In fact, the debootstrap utility crapped-out half way through while it was trying to chroot and execute a 64-bit binary Since the whole process of cross-compiling a kernel containing speakup (involving toolchains etc) seams quite complicated, I was wondering if one of you kind sirs would mind compiling me a kernel containing the speakup patch on a 64-bit machine? In case this list doesn't allow attachments, I've put the two necessary files at the following URL's: http://www.bc.cx/.config http://www.bc.cx/checkout The above checkout script when executed will check-out speakup from the Speakup cvs and will patch it into the kernel tree. You need to be in the /sr/src/linux directory when you execute the checkout script. Also, the cvs password is "please". The above .config file is for 2.6.9. A "make oldconfig" will bring it up to 2.6.10 if you prefer. The version of the kernel doesn't much matter to me. I just need it to include speakup, a module for my via_velocity network card, and I need the kernel to just be a standard bzImage/vmlinuz file so I can use it in my initial Slackware environment. The .config file has all the necessary options set - including speakup items and the via_velocity option. I would very much appreciate this if someone would be willing. It will save me a lot of time and grief! Plus my knowledge of cross-compiling and toolchains is a little weak! My E-mail address (see header of this message) is able to receive large attachments so please E-mail the kernel if you would. Thanks in advance - I'll get there eventually! Regards, Monty On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> I've been following the debian-amd64-howto and have elected to install the >> distro via the chroot method as I have a brand new machine with a blank >> hdd plus I need to boot with a custom 64-bit kernel because I need the >> kernel to have the Speakup screen reader compiled in. (I'm blind) > >Hi, I think you are the first blind person on debian-amd64. > >For the i386 Debian-Installer there is an "access floppy" image for >blind people. I'm not sure what that entails (does it have speakup?) >but it would be good if you could test it and report back. > >Building something based on that for amd64 shouldn't be too hard if >you are willing and able. > >> Compiling the 64-bit kernel went OK and I am able to boot into a 64-bit >> environment as per the instructions in the howto. I downloaded the >> sid-amd64-netinst iso and mounted it via loopback. >> >> I am not sure what to do next to initiate the installation process. The >> howto indicated that there should be a debootstrap binary somewhere which >> I assume might get me on my way but I am unable to find a debootstrap >> binary anywhere on the iso. > >I think the HowTo exclusively assumes you are already running a Debian >system, there you just run "apt-get install debootstrap" to get the >binary installed. > >If you have an rpm-based system, you can use alien to convert the .deb >into .rpm, or download an rpm-ized version at >http://people.debian.org/~blade/install/debootstrap > >Or, you can use http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html >Section 3.7.2 ff to install it manually. > >> The main Debian Sarge installation manual talks about a base.tgz file >> containing an installation binary but I assume (possibly incorrectly) that >> this can't be used in this case because it would be 32-bit. > >We don't generate a base.tgz for amd64 but instead the CD contains a >partial debian mirror that debootstrap can use directly. No unpacking >required. > >> Can anyone please direct me to where the installation binary is and >> anything else I need to do if indeed this is what I need to get the >> installation process underway. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Monty > >After installing debootstrap the following should work >(theoretically): > >debootstrap --arch=amd64 testing /wherever/chroot file:///cdrom/ > >or directly from net without the CD: > >debootstrap --arch=amd64 testing /wherever/chroot >http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/pure64 > > >Hope that helped. > >MfG > Goswin > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
