Package: installation-reports
Boot method: ISO image
Image version:
http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/current/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso
Date: Mon Oct 17 00:44:56 2016
Machine: qemu VM / P8 baremetal / powerVM
Processor: ppc64el
Memory: 4Gb
Partitions:
/dev/sda1 JFS (more than 10Gb)
/dev/sda3 swap
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [E]
Overall install: [E]
Comments/Problems:
When partitionning the disk, I chose the guided partitionning to use the entire
disk and one partition, then I changed the file system of the main partition to
JFS instead of ext4.
Everything went right until the grub installation.
It failed with:
Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk
-------------------------------------------
!! ERROR: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda1
Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda1' failed.
This is a fatal error.
from /var/log/syslog:
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda1'
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install
--force "/dev/sda1"
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform.
Oct 17 00:51:20 grub-installer: grub-install: error:
Oct 17 00:51:20 grub-installer: unknown filesystem.
Oct 17 00:51:20 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install --force
"/dev/sda1"' failed.
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 3 (pipe:[9531])
leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/4)
leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/4)
leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/4)
leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): Volume group "sda" not found
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): Cannot process volume group
sda
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed
with error code 1
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed.
