Package: installation-reports Severity: important INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 20010114 Netinst Daily Build uname -a: Default install fails (see below), expert mode requires 2.6.8-power4 Date: January 15, 2005 1700 PST Method: Boot off CD, used install-power4 kernel, used mirrors.kernel.org as apt source Machine: Apple Dual 2.0 Ghz G5 Power Macintosh (PowerMac7,3) Processor: 970FX Memory: 512MB Root Device: /devsda4 (on 160G SATA drive) # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/sda4 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/sda3 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hda /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 Output of lspci and lspci -n: lspci 0000:f0:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc.: Unknown device 0059 0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200 Ultra] (rev a1) 0001:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12) 0001:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12) 0001:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge 0001:00:04.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge 0001:00:05.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge 0001:00:06.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge 0001:00:07.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge 0001:01:07.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo Mac/IO (rev 60) 0001:01:08.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo USB 0001:01:09.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo USB 0001:02:0b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0001:02:0b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 0001:02:0b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04) 0001:03:0d.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. K2 ATA/100 0001:03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. K2 FireWire 0001:04:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. K2 GMAC (Sun GEM) 0001:05:0c.0 IDE interface: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0240 lspci -n 0000:f0:0b.0 0600: 106b:0059 0000:f0:10.0 0300: 10de:0321 (rev a1) 0001:00:01.0 0604: 1022:7450 (rev 12) 0001:00:02.0 0604: 1022:7450 (rev 12) 0001:00:03.0 0604: 106b:0045 0001:00:04.0 0604: 106b:0046 0001:00:05.0 0604: 106b:0047 0001:00:06.0 0604: 106b:0048 0001:00:07.0 0604: 106b:0049 0001:01:07.0 ff00: 106b:0041 (rev 60) 0001:01:08.0 0c03: 106b:0040 0001:01:09.0 0c03: 106b:0040 0001:02:0b.0 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43) 0001:02:0b.1 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43) 0001:02:0b.2 0c03: 1033:00e0 (rev 04) 0001:03:0d.0 ff00: 106b:0043 0001:03:0e.0 0c00: 106b:0042 0001:04:0f.0 0200: 106b:004c 0001:05:0c.0 0101: 1166:0240 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: [O] <-- LVM does not work Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] <-- wrong kernel by default! Comments/Problems: G5 PowerMac7,3 (970FX CPU) needs the power4 kernel to boot. However, when using the default install (install-power4 at the yaboot prompt) and where the system is getting ready to reboot after installing the base system it actually installs the kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc kernel, even though I chose -power4 for my initial boot from CD! As a result the reboot (and so the install) fails! When using expert-power4 to install I get to pick my kernel so I can choose kernel-image-2.6.8-power4 and the reboot is fine (since the latest version in Sarge now supports the 970FX processor). In expert mode I would say d-i works nearly perfectly. The only issue is the RAID and LVM menu options don't actually work (discussed recently on debian-boot and debian-powerpc, I will file a bug separately). Great job folks! I have not installed Debian since before Woody went stable: this is a huge improvement. This machine has yet to transition to being my daily workstation so I will be happy to help test d-i for this kind of hardware.
