[Debian-ppc64-devel] Successful installation in an OpenPower 720 Express

[Sven Luther]

On Thu, Sep 15, 2005 at 09:34:33AM +0200, Harald Görl wrote:
> Sven Luther wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:46:16PM +0200, Harald Görl wrote:
> >
> >>Doesn't seem to work without "-U". Perhaps it is a problem with the 
> >>filename "yaboot.conf" (8.3 notation, not 8.4 ;-) )? Bad news?
> >
> >Also, i was told that maybe -l would be enough, or -iso-level 2. Can you 
> >try
> >both of them ? 
> 
> Ok, tested both of them separately and --- good news --- both of them 
> are working.

Cool. We still need the above yaboot fix, or not ?

> Manpage of "mkisofs" say:
> 
> -l: [...] Use with caution.
> 
> -iso-level: [...] With  all  iso9660 levels from 1..3, all filenames are 
> restricted to upper case letters, numbers and the underscore (_). The 
> maximum filename length is restricted to 31 characters, the directory 
> nesting level is restricted to 8 and the maximum path length is limited 
>  to 255 characters. [...]
> 
> I would prefer "-iso-level", but does the content of the Debian CD "fit" 
> to "-iso-level" notation?

Not sure. Don't think so in any case.

Anyone from debian-boot can comment on this ? Colin ? you suggested that one.

Friednly,

Sven Luther