Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-05 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Aurelien Jarno: I have just done an install using this image and everything went smoothly. Was booting done from a CD drive ? If so, what happens if the ISO is presented on USB stick or hard disk ? Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-04 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, the ISO http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso of 2014-10-04 10:17 (CEST) still has no CHRP partition table and was not produced with -as mkisofs option -chrp-boot-part. It contains the data file /ppc/bootinfo.txt

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-04 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Hi, On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 10:58:11AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, the ISO http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso of 2014-10-04 10:17 (CEST) still has no CHRP partition table and was not produced with -as

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-04 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 01:44:48PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Hi, On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 10:58:11AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, the ISO http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso of 2014-10-04 10:17 (CEST)

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-04 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso of 2014-10-04 18:41 CEST is equipped with CHRP pseudo-MBR. Everything should be ok now ... theoretically. Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-04 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 04:24:28PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 01:44:48PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Hi, On Sat, Oct 04, 2014 at 10:58:11AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, the ISO

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-03 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 01:00:04AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 12:33:01AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Hi Steve, On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:02:34AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:47:10PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: The tarball should be

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Steve McIntyre wrote: I've also just added ppc64el to the daily and weekly build config - let's see how well it works! Aurelien Jarno wrote: It seems the daily build has worked correctly. If you mean

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 02:34:42PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Steve McIntyre wrote: I've also just added ppc64el to the daily and weekly build config - let's see how well it works! Aurelien Jarno wrote: It seems the daily build has worked correctly. If you mean

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-03 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, if [ -f CD$N/ppc/bootinfo.txt ] ; then add_mkisofs_opt $CDDIR/../$N.mkisofs_opts -chrp-boot-part fi I've switched to that and added a hard dependency on xorriso too. Well, let's see how much havock this creates. I was prepared to give some more reasoning after having read my

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-03 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 02:34:42PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Steve McIntyre wrote: I've also just added ppc64el to the daily and weekly build config - let's see how well it works! Aurelien Jarno wrote: It seems the daily build has worked correctly. If you mean

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-03 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 05:12:11PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: -chrp-boot is an option supported by genisoimage, but it looks like it's not the case of xorriso. Note that this option is also use in the powerpc build. Yup. the powerpc build is the only one where we still depend on genisoimage,

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-02 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Hi Steve, On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:02:34AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:47:10PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: The tarball should be decompressed in the root of the CD-ROM, while the kernel and initrd should be placed in the /install directory. The ISO image

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-02 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Fri, Oct 03, 2014 at 12:33:01AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Hi Steve, On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 10:02:34AM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:47:10PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: The tarball should be decompressed in the root of the CD-ROM, while the kernel and initrd

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-10-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, I've also just added ppc64el to the daily and weekly build config - let's see how well it works! If xorriso shall be used, then it must be -chrp-boot-part instead of -chrp-boot (On the other hand one may omit -cache-inodes, which has no effect.) Have a nice day :) Thomas -- To

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-27 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:47:10PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 02:09:29PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 09:57:44AM -0300, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: On 09/22/2014 12:00 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 06:19:43PM

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 09:57:44AM -0300, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: On 09/22/2014 12:00 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: I'm adding support for new architectures at the moment. powerpc is one of the most awkward existing arches to

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-22 Thread Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
On 09/22/2014 12:00 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: I'm adding support for new architectures at the moment. powerpc is one of the most awkward existing arches to add boot support for at the moment, due to the mess of older machines.

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-22 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 02:09:29PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 09:57:44AM -0300, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote: On 09/22/2014 12:00 AM, Lennart Sorensen wrote: On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: I'm adding support for new architectures

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-22 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Aurelien Jarno wrote: Beside that the default options of genisoimage should be used, there is no need to specify any strange HFS option like on powerpc If no option -hfs is needed, then xorriso should be suitable. The ISO image should be generated with the --chrp-boot argument. That

Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi folks, I'm adding support for new architectures at the moment. powerpc is one of the most awkward existing arches to add boot support for at the moment, due to the mess of older machines. I'm hoping that ppc64el is better, but I don't have much information to go on. What should we be doing to

Re: Adding ppc64el support in debian-cd

2014-09-21 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 06:19:43PM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: I'm adding support for new architectures at the moment. powerpc is one of the most awkward existing arches to add boot support for at the moment, due to the mess of older machines. I'm hoping that ppc64el is better, but I don't