Hi Ed, and thanks for your report.
Adding debian-powerpc@ to the loop, in case somebody there can shed some light. Not sure when I'll be able to play with qemu+powerpc. Ed Swierk <eswi...@cs.stanford.edu> (14/12/2012): > Package: quik-installer > Version: 0.0.30 > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > I'm installing wheezy on an emulated PowerPC machine (qemu-system-ppc > 1.2.1, g3beige hardware) from debian-wheezy-DI-b4-powerpc-netinst.iso. > Everything in d-i goes fine until the "Install quik on a hard disk" > step, which fails with an error. But if I choose "Continue without a > bootloader" and bypass the scary warning about an unbootable system, > the machine boots just fine. So apparently the error is spurious. > > Possibly relevant excerpt from /var/log/installer/syslog: > > Dec 14 02:16:27 main-menu[190]: INFO: Menu item 'quik-installer' selected > Dec 14 02:16:35 in-target: Reading package lists... > Dec 14 02:16:35 in-target: > Dec 14 02:16:35 in-target: Building dependency tree... > Dec 14 02:16:38 in-target: > Dec 14 02:16:38 in-target: Reading state information... > Dec 14 02:16:38 in-target: > Dec 14 02:16:39 in-target: powerpc-utils is already the newest version. > Dec 14 02:16:39 in-target: yaboot is already the newest version. > Dec 14 02:16:39 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed: > Dec 14 02:16:39 in-target: quik > Dec 14 02:16:41 kernel: [ 3250.076211] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet > Level 3 > Dec 14 02:16:41 kernel: [ 3250.078788] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > Dec 14 02:16:46 in-target: 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 > not upgraded. > Dec 14 02:16:46 in-target: Need to get 0 B/68.8 kB of archives. > Dec 14 02:16:46 in-target: After this operation, 225 kB of additional disk > space will be used. > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package quik. > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: (Reading database ... > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: 14525 files and directories currently installed.) > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: Unpacking quik (from > .../quik/quik_2.1-9.1_powerpc.deb) ... > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: Since your boot sector or MBR might still need > some files from /boot > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: this script will preserve them as > /boot/filename.preserved > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: IMPORTANT: In the dpkg prompt answer 'N' to > overwriting quik.conf > Dec 14 02:16:47 in-target: Processing triggers for man-db ... > Dec 14 02:16:56 in-target: Setting up quik (2.1-9.1) ... > Dec 14 02:17:01 kernel: [ 3270.083883] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet > Level 3 > Dec 14 02:17:01 kernel: [ 3270.086282] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > Dec 14 02:17:01 kernel: [ 3270.562094] ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet > Level 3 > Dec 14 02:17:01 kernel: [ 3270.563316] ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > Dec 14 02:17:02 quik-installer: info: root partition: /dev/sda3 > Dec 14 02:17:02 quik-installer: info: boot partition: /dev/sda2 > Dec 14 02:17:02 quik-installer: info: architecture: powerpc/powermac_oldworld > Dec 14 02:17:14 quik-installer: Second-stage loader is on /dev/sda2 > Dec 14 02:17:14 quik-installer: Conffile is /boot/etc/quik.conf > Dec 14 02:17:14 quik-installer: Config file is on partition 2 > Dec 14 02:17:14 quik-installer: Writing first-stage QUIK boot block to > /dev/sda2 > Dec 14 02:17:14 quik-installer: Making /dev/sda2 bootable (map entry 2) > Dec 14 02:17:14 quik-installer: Writing block table to boot block on /dev/sda2 > Dec 14 02:17:16 main-menu[190]: (process:1505): ofpath: Driver pata_macio is > not supported > Dec 14 02:17:16 main-menu[190]: WARNING **: Configuring 'quik-installer' > failed with error code 1 > Dec 14 02:17:16 main-menu[190]: WARNING **: Menu item 'quik-installer' failed. > Dec 14 02:17:44 main-menu[190]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from > 'high' to 'medium' > Dec 14 02:17:44 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium > Dec 14 02:17:50 grub-installer: GRUB requires OF bootable partition mounted > at /boot/grub on PowerPC systems > Dec 14 02:17:52 main-menu[190]: INFO: Menu item 'nobootloader' selected > Dec 14 02:17:57 main-menu[190]: INFO: Restoring default debconf priority > 'high' > Dec 14 02:17:57 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to high > Dec 14 02:18:04 grub-installer: GRUB requires OF bootable partition mounted > at /boot/grub on PowerPC systems > Dec 14 02:18:04 grub-installer: GRUB requires OF bootable partition mounted > at /boot/grub on PowerPC systems > Dec 14 02:18:04 main-menu[190]: INFO: Menu item 'finish-install' selected > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: wheezy/sid > APT prefers testing > APT policy: (500, 'testing') > Architecture: powerpc (ppc) > > Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-powerpc > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Mraw, KiBi.
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