• Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2019-04-12

    From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to All on Fri Apr 12 11:40:01 2019
    Hello!

    I just uploaded updated installation images 2019-04-12 for the
    following Debian Ports architectures:

    * alpha
    * hppa
    * ia64
    * m68k
    * powerpc
    * ppc64
    * sh4
    * sparc64

    I uploaded both CD images [1] as well as netboot images [2].

    Please test those images and report back over the mailing list for
    the corresponding architecture.

    Known issues:

    * alpha
    - No known issues
    * hppa
    - There have been reports about missing GPG keys during installation.
    If you are seeing this issue, please provide me with the syslog,
    information on your hardware, information on the image used and
    a rough recap of what was done during install (normal vs. expert
    mode etc).
    * ia64
    - The kernel might be unstable during install
    (try passing "hardened_usercopy=off" at the boot prompt,
    e.g. "install hardened_usercopy=off"
    * m68k
    - The drivers for IDE hardware may have to be loaded manually, e.g.:
    + modprobe pata_gayle
    + modprobe pata_falcon
    - There is no automatic installation of the bootloader yet,
    users have to boot the kernel and initrd manually after
    installation.
    * powerpc/ppc64
    - The bootloader installation still defaults to Yaboot and
    is being switched to GRUB for IBM POWER and PowerMacs,
    please report any issues you find.
    - On some machines, the fans might produce a lot of noise,
    this can be addressed by manually the windfarm kernel
    modules:
    + modprobe windfarm_core
    * sh4
    - There is no CD image, installation has to be performed
    using the debian-installer images.
    - Currently supported targets are Renesas SH-7785LCR and
    SH-7751R, the latter should be identical to qemu-sh4.
    - debian-installer for sh4 is completely untested, please
    test with QEMU and report back.
    - The filenames for kernel and initrd still contain an
    old 2.6.32.5 kernel version. This can be ignored.
    * sparc64
    - Installation over a serial console is currently broken
    on sparc64 due to a bug in the rootskel package
    (can also be considered a kernel bug), see: #926539.
    Use any image before 2019-04-06 as workaround.

    Important:

    When reporting issues or bugs, please include the syslog
    from your installation in the bug report/mail. The log
    file can be access when switching to another console using
    <Alt>+<Cursor> for normal installations or <Ctrl>+<a>+<n>
    when installing over a serial console. I also need to know
    what hardware was used, which installation steps (normal
    vs. expert) and which image was used.

    Thanks,
    Adrian

    [1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-04-12/
    [2] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-installer/

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