[Cbe-oss-dev] Fw: debian still not working on PS3

[thegame4121982 at msn.com]

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From: <thegame4121982 at msn.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 3:40 PM
To: "Geoff Levand" <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com>
Subject: Re: [Cbe-oss-dev] debian still not working on PS3

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> From: "Geoff Levand" <geoffrey.levand at am.sony.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:43 PM
> To: <514055 at bugs.debian.org>; <cbe-oss-dev at ozlabs.org>
> Subject: [Cbe-oss-dev] debian still not working on PS3
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>> Hi,
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>> I just tried the latest testing CD (2000.02.12), and it still
>> fails with the same problem I reported for Lenny DI RC2.  The
>> installer fails on mounting the CD-ROM.
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>> The PS3 ps3_gelic network and PS3 ps3rom and ps3disk storage
>> drivers are missing from the installer's initrd.
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>> I entered a bug report that went unanswered here:
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>>  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=514055
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>> -Geoff
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> Hi This is indeed correct. Typing install64 at the kboot prompt and having 
> the Debian Lenny disc in the drive brings up the installer but it fails at 
> mounting the CD Rom.  I got around this by trying to install from a usb 
> device with an iso image of Debian Lenny on the usb device but  the 
> installer ultimately fails because it cannot find drivers for the network 
> card and the PS3 HDD. There is an option of loading the drivers from an 
> external device but I don't know where to get the missing drivers from.  I 
> am not sure if it is the initrd image though because I substituted the 
> vmlinux file from the Debian disc and used the vmlinux file from the linux 
> addon disc for ps3 and used the intrid file from the Debian disc and that 
> solved the problem although the kernel had to be installed separately. 
> Where can I get the missing drivers from and what format do they need to 
> be in in order to loading them from externel device from the debian 
> installer. Thanks.