tags 603536 +pending thanks On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 02:44:46PM -0500, Milan Kupcevic wrote: > >Official Debian PowerPC install iso images wont boot on my two machines >because IBM OpenFirmware on IBM RS/6000 44P Model 170 and IBM SLOF >firmware on YDL PowerStation are not able to read files from isofs. > >Unofficial Debian Install CD created with --iso-level 4 mkisofs option >boots fine on both machines. > >Linux on POWER Bootable ISO HOWTO [1] instruction says: >> >> The mkisofs man page lists all the options that can be passed on >> the command line, here is a simple set of options that will >> be enough to produce a bootable CD. >> >> mkisofs -r -U -chrp-boot -o <image.iso> <base_directory> >> >> You should now have a bootable ISO image that you can boot on a Linux on >> POWER system. > >Other linux distributions targeting IBM POWER machines create their >PowerPC install CD images using -U option. The -U option "Allows >'Untranslated" filenames, completely violating the iso9660 standards," >so it is probably better to go for --iso-level 4 as it produces >ISO-9660:1999 compliant CD/DVD images, and as far as I can see works >fine on Macs and IBM machines. > >Could you, please, apply the patch attached to bug report #603536 to >create proper bootable .iso for Power machines, and make sure Squeeze >PowerPC iso images are produced with the same option.
Patch applied now, thanks! This will take effect from the next set of images produced today, as we use debian-cd from svn for the daily/weekly builds. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "I can't ever sleep on planes ... call it irrational if you like, but I'm afraid I'll miss my stop" -- Vivek Dasmohapatra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
