Re: Debian "wheezy" install on Netra X1 done

On 9/4/25 01:59, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hello Dennis,
> 
> On Wed, 2025-09-03 at 22:17 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> On 9/3/25 17:13, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> Hi Dennis,
>>
>>> You don't need to apply any patches, just install the test kernel:

....
> $ dpkg-deb -x linux-image-6.12.3-sparc64-smp_6.12.3-1+sparc64_sparc64.deb /target/path
> 
> Then copy the kernel over manually and run "update-initramfs -k 6.12.3-sparc64-smp -c -v
> 



ah ha ... well now I see :



nix#
nix# update-initramfs -k 6.12.3-sparc64-smp -c -v
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
WARNING: missing /lib/modules/6.12.3-sparc64-smp
Device driver support needs thus be built-in linux image!
ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/6.12.3-sparc64-smp: No such 
file or directory
FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory
Adding binary /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
Adding binary /sbin/modprobe
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libkmod.so.2
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
Adding library /lib/ld-linux.so.2
Adding binary /sbin/rmmod
Calling hook busybox
Adding binary /bin/busybox
Calling hook keymap
Calling hook klibc
Calling hook kmod
Adding binary /bin/kmod
Calling hook thermal
Calling hook udev
Adding binary /sbin/udevd
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/librt.so.1
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
Adding binary /sbin/udevadm
Adding binary /lib/udev/firmware.agent
Adding binary /lib/udev/ata_id
Adding binary /lib/udev/edd_id
Adding binary /lib/udev/scsi_id
Adding binary /sbin/blkid
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libblkid.so.1
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1
Adding binary /lib/udev/vio_type
Calling hook dmsetup
Adding binary /sbin/dmsetup
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libdevmapper.so.1.02.1
Adding library /lib/sparc-linux-gnu/libudev.so.0
WARNING: could not open 
/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_HXnvqE/lib/modules/6.12.3-sparc64-smp/modules.order: 
No such file or directory
WARNING: could not open 
/var/tmp/mkinitramfs_HXnvqE/lib/modules/6.12.3-sparc64-smp/modules.builtin: 
No such file or directory
Building cpio /boot/initrd.img-6.12.3-sparc64-smp.new initramfs
nix#