Hi,
I've installed sid_d-i/powerpc/20040902/sarge-powerpc-businesscard.iso
an my G5 yesterday. Here's a short description of problems I've had:
* Minor: The installer kept on asking if it should load the ide-scsi
module. Why? I thought ide-scsi is considered obsolete with 2.6
kernels.
* Partitioning didn't work because partman didn't find any useable
devices. After adding an 'exit 0' to 69no_media it worked.
* LVM setup didn't work properly:
- There's no indication on how one should setup a partition for use
with LVM on PPC. I ended up using a 'do not use' XFS partition.
- There's no way to create PVs, i had to create them manually
with 'pvcreate /dev/discs/disc0/part5 /dev/discs/disc1/disc'.
- Creating a VG didn't work from the installer => 'vgcreate ...'
- Creating the first LV didn't work => 'lvcreate ...'
Creating additional LVs DID work from the installer
* Minor issue: The installer suggested installing a -power4 kernel instead
of a -power4-smp kernel
* Grave: After the initial boot / was mounted read-only because
/etc/fstab specified "errors=remount-ro" for my (non-LVM) XFS root
partition. XFS doesn't support the 'errors' option.
* Not installation related: Debian should provide a 64-bit kernel,
32-bit kernels only support up to 2G RAM but G5s can have up to 16G.
(I've built my own 64-bit kernel, it sees all 4G my G5 has)
Please CC me on replies, I'm not subscribed to debian-boot.
Juergen
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