Hello,
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:22:37AM +0100, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote:
> I just made 2 unofficial CDs available[1]. Each has a sha512sum
> signed by my GPG key[2].
>
> One includes yaboot_1.3.13a-1squeeze1 and the other one includes
> yaboot_1.3.16-2.
>
> Both include packages with needed PowerPC fixes for Squeeze:
> * linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.74;
> * yaboot-installer_1.1.19;
> * os-prober_1.42;
> * rootskel_1.93.
>
> Please test both of them and tell us about it.
i tried the unofficial-debian-squeeze-powerpc-netinst-1-yaboot-1.3.16.iso
on a p550 Power6+ LPAR, Microcode 01EL350_085_038, dual VIOS. The
install fails at "Install yaboot on a hard disk" with:
[!!] Install yaboot on a hard disk
No bootstrap partition found
No hard disks were found which have an "Apple_Bootstrap" partition.
You must create an 819200-byte partition with type "Apple_Bootstrap".
Exiting to a shell shows the following partition layout:
~ # /target/sbin/sfdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 16384 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 1048576 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 10 10 10240 41 PPC PReP Boot
/dev/sda2 11 964 954 976896 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 965 16382 15418 15788032 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
A different LPAR with sid works with a similar partition layout:
sid# sfdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 36864 cylinders, 64 heads, 32 sectors/track
Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0
Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 0+ 0 1- 8001 41 PPC PReP Boot
/dev/sda2 1 122 122 979965 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 123 4698 4576 36756720 8e Linux LVM
/dev/sda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty
The type "Apple_Bootstrap" suggested above is not even available in
the installer menus. Is this the same as "PPC PReP Boot"?
Thanks & best regards,
Frank
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