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This page tracks DebianInstaller development for the m68k port.

Image Testing

nativehd/initrd22.gz 20051208

  • I added 7 additional pts/(1-7) entries to the initrd.
  • After investigating the main-menu internal error it occurred to me that we might be out of space. Duh.
  • Rebuilt the initrd with 20000 (probably only need 15000 or so) and I finally got back to partman.
  • Added the additional pts entries to userdevfs.
  • Got to prebaseconfig before I had to shut it down. Yeah.

nativehd/initrd22.gz 20051212

  • Built using a test version of userdevfs with pts/(1-7) and inird=20000.
  • Successful install excepting kbd-chooser error and probably a related failure in prebaseconfig.d/70kbd-chooser.
  • Off to upload userdevfs 0.13.

nativehd/initrd.gz 20051228

  • amiga by ij
  • amiboot-5.6 -r d-i_initrd -k vmlinux-2.6.14-amiga-4 root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=8192 video=clgen yields a bogl error

  • adding debian-installer/framebuffer=false nolangchooser gets to the kbd-chooser, which fails.

  • Yeah, it boots with 2.6!

Issues

  • daily initrd22, starting with 20051208, need ramdisk_size=20000. We can make that smaller later once it's been tested better. A new userdevfs should give us more pty's too (pending upload).
  • kbd-chooser failing (at least on mac and amiga), fortunately ignoring it works fine (at least for mac). (still true on 1208/1228)
  • kbd-chooser should select at keyboard for 2.6 kernels?
  • why do we have console-keymaps-acorn installed?
  • bogl errors on amiga need fixing
  • amiga [http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/12/msg00370.html keymaps]

  • check why it's not detecting the eth0 link and thus prompting for card choice.
  • partman needs some progress bars.
  • installing atari* packages on mac.
  • check that userdevfs maps a second drive properly, per Hank.
  • http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?maint=debian-boot@lists.debian.org;include=m68k m68k bts bugs

D-I Development

  • incorrect serial console detection (needs better fix) #[http://bugs.debian.org/269077 269077] (verify for etch, may be fixed)

  • linux-2.6 support
  • q40, hp, sun3 support
  • hd-media vs hfs (directories w/ spaces)
  • lowmem
  • graphical installer
  • why copy debs to /var when using hd-media/cdrom?
  • skip validating debs?

Bootloaders

Other Packages

  • atari partition in parted (bts #[http://bugs.debian.org/239816 239816]). Preliminary support at svn://svn.debian.org/svn/parted/upstream/people/xilun/trunk+atari/ due to Guillaume Knispel. Please test!

  • atari-fdisk-udeb (bts #[http://bugs.debian.org/250582 250582 ]) XB-Subarchitecture

  • mac-fdisk-udeb (bts #[http://bugs.debian.org/250581 250581]) XB-Subarchitecture

  • amiga-fdisk? (XB-Subarchitecture)
  • vme: rawrite2.exe on cd? (ftp.root/debian/tools/rawrite2.zip)
  • vme: license for bvmbug-G.bin and bvmbug.txt?

Documentation

Notes

  • atari/aranym can be used to test the whole installer
  • amiga/UAE can test amiboot (to a point)
  • ?DebianM68kPorting