Forwarding to parisc kernel devel list... On 03.01.2017 11:07, mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello debian-hppa list members, > > There is new instalation media available at http://prometheus.parisc-linux.org/debian-cd/debian-9.0/debian-9.0r1/ > > This allows instalation of the latest unstable/sid release of Debian GNU/Linux for the HP PARISC (hppa) architecture. > > An installation guide will be updated on > > https://parisc.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Debian_Ports_Installation > > *Installation instructions* > > * Instructions to burn the ISO image on a Mac: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5132196 > * *IMPORTANT: * If your machine has a DVD-drive, you should better burn the image to a DVD disc. The first-generation DVD-drives in some older PA-RISC machines may have problems booting from e.g. a CD-RW so you may get this error message: /IPL error: bad LIF magic./ > * Those images should work on all machines, with 32- and 64bit kernels. Installation of a C8000 workstation needs to happen via serial console since the install image will not activate the ATI graphics card. After installation the ATI cards will work in non-accelerated mode though. > * If your machine is behind a firewall, enter the proxy at the IPL command line the Linux kernel command line (change parameter 7) > * Choose the automatic disc partitioning, unless you know all details about disc partitions for PA-RISC (e.g. PALO bootloader needs ext2). > * The palo bootloader needs to reside on a SCSI disc. The installer will detect SATA discs and will not complain if you install to a SATA disc! > * After reboot add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list and run *apt-get update*: > * > > deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable main > > > Technical background of the install images > > The installer images: debian-9.0r1-hppa-CD-1.iso and debian-9.0r1-hppa-NETINST-1.iso pull the debian packages from the repositories at http://prometheus.parisc-linux.org/debian-hppa-install/ > which contains a full archive of the Debian Ports (hppa) 3/01/16 > This is realized by the /preseed/url=http://prometheus.parisc-linux.org/debian-hppa-install/preseed.9.0r1nb.cfg/ Linux kernel parameter which is hardcoded in the palo bootloader code in those images and require an internet conection to install. > > > > Please send an installation report, any errors and any feed back to the list debian-hppa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:debian-hppa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Mike Hosken > mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
