Re: Jigdo for Debian 2.2 (potato) for PPC

Hi Richard,

Thanks much for the suggestion about the alternate kernel for Sarge. That's a terrific idea and one which I never would have thought to explore without your help!

Best wishes,

Brian

On Dec 8, 2007 1:38 PM, Richard Atterer <richard@2007.atterer.net> wrote:

> 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,
>
> Richard
>
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