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Re: Jigdo for Debian 2.2 (potato) for PPC

From: Richard Atterer <richard(at)2007.atterer.net>
Date: Sat Dec 08 2007 - 15:38:26 EST


Hi Brian,

On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 12:49:18PM -0700, Brian Fisk wrote:
> I am trying to see if I can get Debian to run on a Power PC emulator
> (PearPC). I know that the emulator does not support 2.6 kernels, so I must
> try to find a version with kernel 2.4, which is to say I want Debian
> 2.2potato or eariler.

Phew, that's pretty tough...

Some pointers you may not be aware of:
<http://archive.debian.org/dists/> contains the _packages_ of all old releases, but no CD images.
<http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/archive/> contains CD images starting with 3.1r0 (sarge).

I remember that potato was the first version for which I created .jigdo files, but I don't have them anymore! :-/

One possible approach:
<http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/powerpc/release-notes/ch-installing.en.html> seems to suggest that while a 2.6 kernel is used by default on PowerPC for Debian 3.1, a 2.4 kernel may also be available. There are no details, but I guess entering some special value at the installer prompt will boot a 2.4 kernel.

Maybe ask on debian-powerpc@lists, some old-time users there may be able to supply old ISO images, or suggestions on how to get your (or some other) emulator to work...

Cheers,

Do you need help?X

  Richard

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