I‘ll upload an updated ppc64 image with your template changes in about an hour.
Adrian > On Oct 22, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Frank Scheiner <frank.schei...@web.de> wrote: > >> On 10/09/2017 05:44 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>> On 10/09/2017 11:49 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>>> On 10/09/2017 11:27 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>>> Yep, that's about right. I will implement that later today. Thanks for >>>> pointing >>>> me at that. >>> >>> I have patched partman-prep now [1]. Interestingly, it used to have ppc64 >>> support and it was removed [2]. >> Good news: With partman-prep enabled on ppc64 and after adding the hack to >> wipe >> and find the PREP partition on powerpc and ppc64 in grub-installer [1], the >> installation of GRUB on ppc64 works now out of the box on my POWER7 system >> \o/. >> One can simply install GRUB on these systems now by choosing "Back" in the >> yaboot-installer menu and then choosing to install GRUB. > > I today did a "normal" and an expert install with successful GRUB > installation with the [installer ISO] from 2017-10-10 and can confirm that > both also work on POWER5 systems, specifically on a 9131-52A. > > If anyone on the list has a POWER3, POWER4 or POWER6 system available, it > would be interesting to see, if this works for these out of the box, too. > > [installer ISO]: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-9.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso > > If you are unable to boot your POWER5 system with this disc with similar > messages than the following ones: > > ``` > Config file read, 1342 bytes > Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux sid! > > This is a Debian installation CDROM, > built on 20171012-17:54. > > > Enter one of the following options to begin: > > install 64-bit processor (G5 or POWER3/4/5/6/7) > install32 32-bit processor (G4 or earlier) > > Press TAB for a full list of options. > > > If the system fails to boot with a white screen > which doesn't go away, add 'video=ofonly'. > > > > Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.17 > Enter "help" to get some basic usage information > boot: expert > Please wait, loading kernel... > Elf64 kernel loaded... > Loading ramdisk... > ERROR: claim of 0x100000 at 0x1f40000 failed > Claim failed for initrd memory at 01f40000 rc=ffffffff > ENTER called ok > 0 > > ``` > > ...then try the following OF commands to wipe your NVRAM (you'll loose your > configuration there, though) and retry: > > ``` > dev nvram > wipe-nvram > ``` > > ...as per [1] and [2]. This made booting from the disc to work for me then. > > [1]: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/W51a7ffcf4dfd_4b40_9d82_446ebc23c550/page/Troubleshoot%20a%20claim%20failed%20for%20initrd%20error%20message > > [2]: https://oss.gonicus.de/openpower/index.php/Claim_failed_for_initrd_memory > > Cheers, > Frank
