Re: Updated Debian Ports installation images 2025-12-06

On 12/27/25 23:41, Helge Deller wrote:
> Hi Christian,
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> On 12/26/25 11:19, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> On Fri, 2025-12-26 at 11:10 +0100, Christian Groessler wrote:
>>> I still have boot problems with this latest image. See [1] for my old
>>> email about that.
>>>
>>> Not with this new (2025-12-06) version, but already since some version=
s
>>> before, it became worse. In that I don't see any kernel messages after
>>> the boot loader jumped to it, neither on VGA nor on serial console.
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> I know that this image worked for me on various machines:
> http://backup.parisc-linux.org/debian-cd/debian-12/debian-2025-01-hppa-C=
D.iso
> Maybe you want to give it a try?

See the NOTES as well: http://backup.parisc-linux.org/debian-cd/debian-12/=
README-hppa

> (A C3750 should work with it)
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>> You should ask Helge Deller for advise as he is the expert for Linux on=
 PA-RISC
>> and also the upstream maintainer of the PA-RISC Linux kernel code.
>>
>>> I haven't come around to build installation media myself as mentioned =
in
>>> the thread [1].
>>
>> Building your own installation media is a bit involved, here is an outd=
ated guide for it:
>>
>> https://wiki.debian.org/PortsDocs/CreateDebianInstallerImages
>>
>>
>> I'm not 100% sure what the best approach for building debian-installer =
with your own
>> custom kernel is. But I guess you could just swap the kernel image in t=
he installer
>> images tarball with your own one and maybe unpack the debian-installer =
initrd.gz and
>> replace the modules directory in /lib/modules/.
>>
>>> But now I want to tackle that problem again (no kernel messages) in
>>> order to finally have Linux running on my C3750 art some point in time=
.
>>> I want to boot my test kernels over the network.
>>>
>>> My questions are:
>>>
>>> - which kernel version and config to use? I've tried latest Linus
>>> version and 'generic-64bit_defconfig', but this gives compilation erro=
rs.
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> Yes, that should be able to boot.
> (Note: The 64-bit debian 6.17 kernel has an issue right now, where it do=
esn't boot for me though).
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>> What errors are you seeing? The vanilla kernel should build fine.
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> You need to build with "make ARCH=3Dparisc64" when building a 64-bit ker=
nel.
> Make sure to have 64-bit hppa cross compiler installed.
> If not, please let me know the errors you see.
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>> Here is a quick guide on how to cross-build a Linux kernel for SPARC, t=
he same applies
>> to PA-RISC, just download the corresponding toolchain for hppa instead =
of sparc64:
>>
>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2025/10/msg00103.html
>>
>>> - how would I build a bootable LIF file after I'm able to compile a
>>> kernel? In the first step without userland, just to see the kernel mes=
sages.
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> "make ARCH=3Dparisc64 palo".
> Then you should be able to remotely boot the kernel via TFTP.
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> Helge