live-build for powerpc

[nadir]

In the past i tried to make an installable copy of my ppc with:

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lb config --copy bootstrap --debian-installer live
lb build

and then failed.

This time i followed this how-to:
http://www.debe17.com/web_pages/deans_c ... 8.php.html
which worked well (i could chroot, install packages by that, use xnest, and all).

But when it comes to building the new.iso the i386 command fails:

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genisoimage -r -V "cd" -cache-inodes -J -l -o newcd.iso \
-b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \
-no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table iso/

I searched the web and found this:
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? ... 45#p301918

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genisoimage -r -T --netatalk -hfs -probe -map hfs.map -part -no-desktop -hfs-bless iso/live/ -hfs-volid Debian-Mint-Installer/PPC -o mini.iso iso

and this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1335735

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$ genisoimage -hfs -part -map /home/~/Downloads/hfs.map -no-desktop -hfs-volid "Ubuntu 9.10" -hfs-bless /home/~/custom-ubuntu/install -pad -l -r -J -v -V "Ubuntu 9.10" -o custom-ubuntu-9.10-desktop-powerpc.iso /home/~/custom-ubuntu

but both give me errors. I tried to adapt them to my structure, but most of the command i don't understand.


The structure is:
a) fs which contains the filesystem
b) iso/live which contains the squashfs.filesystem and a bit more.

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ROOT# ls fs/
bin   etc     initrd.img.old  media  proc  selinux   tmp  vmlinux
boot  home     lib        mnt    root  srv   usr  vmlinux.old
dev   initrd.img  lib64        opt    sbin  sys   var
ROOT#

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ROOT# ls iso/
doc  live  md5sum.txt  yaboot
ROOT#

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ROOT# ls iso/live/
filesystem.packages  initrd.img-2.6.32-5-powerpc    vmlinux-2.6.32-5-powerpc
filesystem.squashfs  initrd.img-2.6.32-5-powerpc64  vmlinux-2.6.32-5-powerpc64
ROOT#

Someone knows the command for genisoimage to make the final iso?

[nadir]

I found this:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1335735

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genisoimage -hfs -part
-map /home/~/Downloads/hfs.map
-no-desktop -hfs-volid "Ubuntu 9.10"
-hfs-bless /home/~/custom-ubuntu/install
-pad -l -r -J -v -V "Ubuntu 9.10"
-o custom-ubuntu-9.10-desktop-powerpc.iso
/home/~/custom-ubuntu


and tried to adapt it to:

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genisoimage -hfs -part \
-map iso/yaboot/hfs.map  \
-hfs-volid "remix-ppc" \
-pad -l -r -J -v -V "debian stable 6.0" \
-o remix-ppc.iso iso

At least it does create a resulting remix-ppc.iso, but when i boot it in qemu i get:

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Trying cd:,//tbxi...
No valid state has been set by load or init-program
0 >

Damn.

[nadir]

btw: in case someone wants to fiddle with it but hasn't got the architecture at hand, there is always Uwe Hermann:
http://www.hermann-uwe.de/blog/testing- ... on-powerpc
(arm and such might be more interesting, and you will find that too, iirc)