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

[Geoff Levand]

On 04/23/2009 01:54 AM, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 10:34:34PM -0400, thegame4121982 at msn.com wrote:
>> This is great news. Is this only for the testing version of Debian 
>> codename squeeze or will this fix also be included in the next point 
>> release of Debian Lenny?
> 
> It will not be included in the next point release. However, it might be
> included as part of the planned 'lenny and a half' release where a new
> kernel and installer will be provided, to support new hardware.
> 
> Before that can happen, however, testing will be necessary.
> 
> You can find the daily builds here:
> 
> http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc/


Hi,

I tried today's build (20090430) and the 'CD-ROM driver not found'
problem is fixed:

  http://people.debian.org/~wouter/d-i/powerpc/20090430-22:00/powerpc64/netboot/

I was able to finish the install, but still got the
same other known problems:

(1) At kernel install:

  'No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources'
  'base-installer: info: could not determine kernel flavor'

It should install the 64 bit powerpc kernel.

(2) At boot loader install:

  'No boot loader has been installed'
  'GRUB not yet usable on PowerPC systems'

It should create a /etc/yaboot.conf on the same partition that the
kernel was installed to, but nothing else is needed.  The petitboot
bootloader can read from vfat, ext2, ext3, and ext4 file systems.

-Geoff