Yaboot can be installed in place of GRUB as a fallback. https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2019/01/msg00129.html
On Tue, 2019-04-09 at 22:53 -0400, Dennis Clarke wrote: When reporting issues or bugs, please include the syslog Everything went smooth except the fans are roaring and grub won't install. So, no boot loader means no workable system. Here is the last thing seen in the console log as well as well as the entire syslog : Apr 10 02:39:28 in-target: Preparing to unpack .../libfuse2_2.9.9-1_ppc64.deb ...^M Apr 10 02:39:28 in-target: Unpacking libfuse2:ppc64 (2.9.9-1) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:28 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package grub-common.^M Apr 10 02:39:29 in-target: Preparing to unpack .../grub-common_2.02+dfsg1-16_ppc64.deb ...^M Apr 10 02:39:29 in-target: Unpacking grub-common (2.02+dfsg1-16) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:30 in-target: Selecting previously unselected package os-prober.^M Apr 10 02:39:30 in-target: Preparing to unpack .../os-prober_1.77_ppc64.deb ...^M Apr 10 02:39:30 in-target: Unpacking os-prober (1.77) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:30 in-target: Setting up libfuse2:ppc64 (2.9.9-1) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:30 in-target: Setting up libpng16-16:ppc64 (1.6.36-6) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:30 in-target: Setting up libfreetype6:ppc64 (2.9.1-3) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:31 in-target: Setting up grub-common (2.02+dfsg1-16) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:31 in-target: Setting up os-prober (1.77) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:31 in-target: Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.5-2) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:33 in-target: Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.28-8) ...^M Apr 10 02:39:34 in-target: Reading package lists... Apr 10 02:39:35 in-target: Apr 10 02:39:35 in-target: Building dependency tree... Apr 10 02:39:35 in-target: Apr 10 02:39:35 in-target: Reading state information... Apr 10 02:39:35 in-target: Apr 10 02:39:37 in-target: grub-common is already the newest version (2.02+dfsg1-16). Apr 10 02:39:37 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: (process:9169): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: (process:9169): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: (process:9169): /usr/bin/grub-installer: Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: (process:9169): line 252: Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: (process:9169): /usr/lib/grub-installer/mkhfs-bootstrap.sh: Permission denied Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: (process:9169): Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1 Apr 10 02:39:38 main-menu[3749]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed. Apr 10 02:43:20 main-menu[3749]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb Apr 10 02:43:31 main-menu[3749]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb Apr 10 02:43:31 main-menu[3749]: INFO: Menu item 'nobootloader' selected Apr 10 02:43:47 main-menu[3749]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb Apr 10 02:43:51 main-menu[3749]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb Apr 10 02:43:51 main-menu[3749]: INFO: Menu item 'di-utils-shell' selected Dennis
