Package: debian-installer Version: (from 20040502 sarge install CD1 from jigdo)
Two problems with installation, both fatal. Doing install on brand-new PowerBook G4 (with 12" screen). My system was already partitioned from a previous attempt to install Sarge, and it had a first-stage and a yaboot installed from the previous attempt. (1) The installer went OK until I reached the stage "Install yaboot loader". There it said "Looking for root partition", then popped up a message box: Failed to mount /target/proc Mounting the /proc filesystem on /target/proc failed Please check the system log or the output on the third console (tty3). Warning: Your system may be unbootable! It took me several tries to switch to tty3 (because the PowerBook has a fucked up keyboard without an obviously working Alt key and obviously working Function keys). (Various of my attempts resulted in the screen changing, with further popups.) By the time I got to tty3, I could see nothing resembling an error message. I switched to the tty2 shell and determined that /target/proc was already mounted. I unmounted it from the shell. Then I switched back to tty1 and asked it to try "Install yaboot loader" again. This time it worked, or appeared to work. I did the "set debconf level" menu item, then did the "finish installation" item and it rebooted. (2) Upon reboot, the first-stage boot came up, I let it default to Linux, yaboot came up, and I let it default. However it couldn't find the kernel: boot: linux Please wait, loading kernel... /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:12,/vmlinux: No such file or directory I rebooted the CD and got to a shell. Fsck'd and mounted the root partition (fsck found no errors). In / is vmlinuz (with a z), not vmlinux (with an x). Yaboot can't boot a vmlinuz, but debian-installer is installing one. Yaboot would like to boot a vmlinux, but there is none there. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: ppc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
