[Cbe-oss-dev] Bug#514055: debian still not working on PS3

[Geoff Levand]

On 03/20/2009 02:21 PM, Wartan Hachaturow wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:00:37PM +0300, Wartan Hachaturow wrote:
>> > The short answer is that there isn't really an active powerpc porter
>> > working on the installer.  That's why your bug report is unanswered.
>> > I'm copying Wouter Verhelst who indicated some interest in helping
>> > with the powerpc port.
>> 
>> I own a lot of PPC/Cell hardware, including a couple of PS3's.
>> I'll have a look on the issue.
> 
> Geoff, could you please test this image:
> http://people.debian.org/~wart/ps3/mini.iso

I tested this image and could do a complete install using
Ethernet with the resulting notes below.  I did not try
to install over wireless.

1) At boot there were some kernel I/O errors about /dev/sr0.

2) During the HD setup I had some warning dialogs.  One about
HPFS, and one about a PREP partition.  I answered 'No' to both
and continued.

3) I got a warning 'No installable kernel was found in the
defined APT sources'.  I answered 'Yes' (no install) and
continued.

4) I needed to manually select to not install a bootloader.
No yaboot.conf was installed, so I needed to create one manually.

-Geoff