Package: kernel-image-2.4.16-newpmac Severity: serious [ Dan: basically the gist of this is that the newpmac kernel needs to have NFS and iso9660 built in. Also, (on an unrelated note), we need MESH scsi built in. ]
On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 13:30, Bradford Powell wrote: > I've downloaded and tried the unofficial woody cd (just disc 1) from > powerpc.trasno.net (downloaded on March 1). Well, you are the first person I've heard from who has actually tested installing woody on a PowerPC machine from CD. > So, I boot from the cd, choose 'linux24' from yaboot, and start > installation. It's good to know this part works. > When it gets to the point of mounting root over nfs, (after > network was properly setup by dhcp: I tested this by pinging the nfs > server), the install script was unable to do so. Dropping to the shell in > the other console, catting /proc/filesystems does not list nfs. NFS is compiled as a module; I guess my thought was that most people will be either doing a full network install (in which case they'll download the drivers.tgz along with the kernel), or they'll be doing a full CD install (and drivers.tgz comes on the CD). However, since the new-powermac kernel is already too big to fit on a 1.44 floppy, I don't think we'll lose anything by compiling NFS (+NFS root) in. > Then I decided to try nfs root install under the old kernel. This time the > root fs was mounted, base system was installed (I think), but before base > system install was complete, debootstrap reported "unable to run chroot > /target dpkg". Strange; I remember hearing about this problem before, but I don't remember what the cause was. I think it's been fixed. > Repartitioning went as planned. Again, I chose linux24 from the > yaboot selector. Now after formatting the root partition and mounting it, > the time came to install the base system. So I selected install from > CD. Unable to mount cd... I checked /proc/filesystems: no iso9660. Oops! We will fix this right away. > I then proceeded to install to the hard disk using the 2.2 kernel and > updated to 2.4 with my first deselect. > > Summary: > -------- > the linux24 kernel on the install cd should probably have the > filesystems iso9660 and nfs compiled in. > I'm not sure what went wrong with the install to an nfs root using the > 2.2 kernel (unable to run chroot /target dpkg) > But, I did get it installed (but haven't done much with it yet). That's good to hear! Thank you very much for testing and sending this report. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]