This is an alternative sparc Squeeze installer media (mini iso and netboot
images), which contains fixes for a number of problems discovered late in
the release cycle:

1. niu network driver is not included in the installer udebs.
   http://bugs.debian.org/608516

2. pata_cmd64x driver is missing from installer initrd.
   http://bugs.debian.org/610906

3. Squeeze kernel does not boot on machines with atyfb graphic cards due
   to problems with console handover.
   http://bugs.debian.org/602853

In order to use, download and burn mini.iso to a blank CD as usual, and
follow the Squeeze installation instructions for installation from CD media.
As this is a very minimalistic image, you will need the ability to set up a
network connection in the installer in order to successfully complete the
installation.

A procedure used to build this image (on a Squeeze sparc system):

1. Download source for linux-2.6 package.
2. Apply patches/linux-2.6.patch to it.
3. Make sure that build-deps are satisfied, rebuild the package.
4. Install resulting linux-image-2.6.32-5-sparc64{,-smp} packages.
5. Download source for linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6 package.
6. Apply patches/linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6.patch to it.
7. Make sure that build-deps are satisfied, rebuild the package.
8. Download source for debian-installer package.
9. Apply patches/debian-installer.patch to it.
10. Copy all udebs resulting from the build of linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6
    package into the build/localudebs directory in the debian-installer
    source tree.
11. Make sure that all build-deps are satisfied for the debian-installer
    package.
12. Build the mini iso or the netboot image by changing into build
    subdirectory in the debian-installer source tree and running either
    'make build_miniiso' or 'make build_netboot', the resulting images
    will be placed in the dest subdirectory.

 -- Jurij Smakov <jurij@debian.org>  Thu, 10 Feb 2011 08:28:10 +0000