[Debian-ppc64-devel] Re: Package: installation-reports

[Sven Luther]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 10:20:39AM +0000, Frank van Berkel wrote:
> 
> Debian-installer-version: 20050711
> http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/current/debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso
> 
> uname -a: Linux gazam 2.6.12-1-powerpc64 #1 SMP Tue Sep 27 15:20:16 UTC 2005
> ppc64 unknown
> Date: 09-11-2005 10.30am
> Method: Netinst.iso
> 
> Machine: i5 IBM 9406-520
> Processor: POWER5 (gr)
> Memory: 2G
> Root Device: SCSI
> Root Size/partition table:
> df: Filesystem           1k-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> df: tmpfs                   102400     32336     70064  32% /
> df: /dev/cdroms/cdrom0      240264    240264         0 100% /cdrom
> df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus1/target3/lun0/part2   233366     66958    153958  30%
> /target
> df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus1/target3/lun0/part8  4807056    131260   4431612   3%
> /target/home
> df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus1/target3/lun0/part9  4807056    131260   4431612   3%
> /target/opt
> df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus1/target3/lun0/part7   918322     16463    852863   2%
> /target/tmp
> df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus1/target3/lun0/part5  4807056    238924   4323948   5%
> /target/usr
> df: /dev/scsi/host0/bus1/target3/lun0/part6  1829159     78856   1652710   5%
> /target/var
> 
> Output of lspci and lspci -n:
> 
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
> 
> Initial boot worked:    [O]
> Configure network HW:   [O]
> Config network:         [O]
> Detect CD:              [O]
> Load installer modules: [O]
> Detect hard drives:     [O]
> Partition hard drives:  [E]
> Create file systems:    [O]
> Mount partitions:       [O]
> Install base system:    [O]
> Install boot loader:    [E]
> Reboot:                 [O]
> 
> Comments/Problems: I did a new install, when I choose at the partitioner
> "Multi user system" there will be no boot/prep partition. So I escaped to
> shell to make a boot/prep partition with parted. So far so good, with yaboot
> now I can choose /dev/sda1 to install yaboot. At the stage for installing
> yaboot I get the following error:

Can you retry by creating the prep boot partition from the partman manual
interface (you go on some free space at the front of the disk, and chose
create a partition and then chose prep partition or whatever it is called,
instead of going to parted. ?

We probably need both the /var/lib/cdebconf/* files and the /proc/device-tree
to solve this correctly.

Friendly,

Sven Luther