Dear all, by popular demand for a working d-i/grub-installer on NewWorld Power Macs **with** HFS bootstrap method, I made this happen - again. :-D This time with a reduced footprint compared to the patches proposed in late 2017 (see [1]).
[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2017/11/msg00068.html I created two MRs on salsa.d.o that in combination provide the fix: * https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-auto/merge_requests/3 * https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/grub-installer/merge_requests/2 These changes were tested to work on a Mac mini G4 and a Power Mac G5 (11,2). I used a normal mode installation and the atomic partitioning layout and an empty hard disk. Please check the MRs for all details. Reviews and comments are much welcome. **** These patches can be tested in a live installation as follows: 1. In a normal mode installation wait for the installer to hold on the partitioning step and switch to a shell 2. Download or patch the recipes in `/lib/partman/recipes-{powerpc|ppc64}-powermac_newworld` accordingly (e.g. using `nano`). It's sufficient to only patch the recipe that you actually intend to use in the partitioning step. 3. Also download or patch `/usr/bin/grub-installer` 4. Download or create `/usr/lib/grub-installer/mkhfs-bootstrap.sh` 5. Continue the installation I served `grub-installer` and `mkhfs-bootstrap.sh` from a local web server and downloaded them into the installation environment with `wget`. Make sure to change the file permissions to allow execution afterwards. Cheers, Frank
