From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bdale Garbee Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 17:43:05 +0000 Subject: [Linux-ia64] Debian GNU/Linux for IA-64 Message-Id: List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org It is my pleasure to announce that Debian has accepted IA-64 as a supported architecture for the upcoming Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody) stable release. Information about Debian is available on the web at www.debian.org. In celebration of this milestone, and to make it easier for others in the IA-64 community to use and help us improve Debian before woody releases, we have created an installer CD image that is now available for download. This CD image contains the Debian installation toolset and all of the essential packages required to install Debian on Itanium systems. Additional packages may then be installed over the network from Debian's mirrors quite easily. The IA-64 installer CD image is now available by either HTTP or FTP from these locations: http://gluck.debian.org/ia64/cd-20010810.iso.gz ftp://gluck.debian.org/ia64/cd-20010810.iso.gz This image has been tested on production HP i2000 and prototype BigSur systems. It should work on Lion systems and Itanium systems from other vendors as well, and we welcome reports of any problems experienced on other Itanium systems. Please read the README.txt file in the root of the CD for a few platform-specific installation instructions... a copy of which is appended to this message. Questions or feedback should be directed to the debian-ia64 mailing list. Archives and subscription information for this list may be found via the link on the Debian ia64 port page at: http://www.debian.org/ports/ia64/ The release of this installer CD image and the acceptance of IA-64 for release with Debian 3.0 would not have happened without significant contributions from Randolph Chung, HP's Linux Systems Operation, Richard Hirst at Linuxcare, Progeny Linux Systems, and the many Debian package maintainers whose packages are now available for IA-64. My thanks to all of them! Bdale - - - - - - - - - - README.txt - - - - - - - - - - Debian GNU/Linux ia64 base install CD DEVELOPMENT SOFTWARE, UNTESTED, YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!!!!!! Instructions: Get to an EFI shell prompt, which might mean renaming your /boot/efi/startup.nsh file. Figure out which of fs0, fs1, fs2, etc is your CDROM; fs3 in this example. Enter "fs3:", should have an fs3: prompt. Enter "install", and away you go! This CD is based on unstable packages, as not everything needed was included in testing when the ISO was created. The install follows the standard Debian proceedure, with the following exceptions: 1. When given the choice, install 'sid' and not 'woody'. 2. Do not try to create a boot floppy, as that step does not work. You can boot from this CD later, if you need to recover your system; just boot it as described above and then use Alt-F2 to get to a shell prompt. 3. In the second stage install, when configuring APT, select some suitable http or ftp mirror. Do not select the CD as a source, as this CD contains only the base system packages. When the install is complete, you should find a new EFI Boot Manager menu entry "Debian GNU/Linux", which the system should now boot as default. Richard Hirst