[13:06] <lool> rwhitby: So AIUI, NSLU2 images will now boot into the installer, but they fail due to OOM; our kernel seems to be too large
[13:07] <lool> rwhitby: It might be that we need to drop stuff from our large kernel
[13:08] <lool> rwhitby: ogra will be working on this, but I suggested he gets in touch with you; the bug to track this issue is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/331510
[13:10] <lool> rwhitby: BTW daily images are at http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/jaunty/main/installer-armel/current/images/ixp4xx/netboot/
[13:10] <lool> kernel + initrd for netboot into Ubuntu's d-i, and flashable image
[13:10] <lool> netboot will likely not work though
[13:10] <ogra> rwhitby, though for now i'll just try to adjust our kernel to the debian lenny config
[13:11] <ogra> lool, well, it works up to some point
[13:11] <lool> ogra: Can you use an initrd with redboot?
[13:11] <lool> I mean a remote initrd
[13:11] <ogra> on the nslu2 ?
[13:11] <ogra> i dont think so
[13:11] <lool> I fear redboot sets the atag to what it expects
[13:11] <lool> ogra: Right, so the netboot image is relatively useless
[13:11] <ogra> ??
[13:12] <ogra> the netboot image uses apex by default
[13:12] <lool> ogra: You mean the firmware image
[13:12] <ogra> oh, you mean the split one
[13:12] <lool> Yes
[13:12] <ogra> heh, yeah, i doubt that works for anyone, but you can for example modify the initrd.gz and roll your own firmware image with slugimage
[13:13] <ogra> so it has some use, even though its a massive corner case ...
[13:13] <ogra> like in the outer tip of the corner :)
[13:14] <lool> Yeah, I wanted to underline that the kernel and initrd are mostly useless as they stand; I don't even know whether's it the apex initrd or the one which should be wrapped in an apex initrd
[13:14] <ogra> the one that should be wrapped
[13:15] <ogra> its plain
[13:15] <lool> Right, so one has to do some devio + apex dance to rebuild a firmware, not trivial really
[13:15] <ogra> not to hard either if you have the script
[13:15] <ogra> :)
[13:15] <ogra> i sould probably dump that on the wiki
[13:16] <ogra> though i have bigger probs to solve atm
[13:16] <ogra> than to add hacks for corner cases
[13:16] <lool> ogra: This was just a note for rwhitby
[13:16] <ogra> yep
[13:16] <ogra> i dont think cjwatson uploaded the d-i with the fixes for the kbd qeustions yet btw
[13:17] <ogra> might only fully work with next d-i upload
[13:17] <lool> That's minor though
[13:18] <lool> ogra: (You mean the fact that you're asked for console setup while you're not using a keyboard right?)
[13:18] <ogra> yes, before ssh starts
[13:18] <ogra> so its useless without serial port
[13:19] <ogra> since it waits for input on the kbd questions
[13:19] <ogra> the next upload rips out all kbd stuff from d-i
[13:19] <lool> Great
[13:19] <ogra> i decided its better than to preseed it ...
[13:20] <ogra> saves some ram for the keymaps
[13:20] <ogra> and its unlikely people use slugs as desktop systems i bet :)