Hi Adrian,
i tried
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-04-20/debian-10.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso
on Mid-2004 - M9457LL/A - PowerMac7,3 - A1047 - 1969C.
installation media is on CF card using a CF to Ide adapter, boot
pressing 'c' key at chimes sound.
Performing a normal install cdrom device must be selected manually
(/dev/sda);
80gb hdd detected ad sdb, using default partition scheme - > use full
disk with all files in a single partition;
manually selected debian-ports;
Installation stops at grub install with following error:
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: (process:11323): mount: mounting
/dev/sdb on /target/boot/grub failed: Device or resource busy
here is part of the syslog :
...
Apr 26 14:05:20 mk-hfs-bootstrap: HFS bootstrap partition found: /dev/sdb
Apr 26 14:05:20 in-target: Lettura elenco dei pacchetti...
Apr 26 14:05:20 in-target:
Apr 26 14:05:20 in-target: Generazione albero delle dipendenze...
Apr 26 14:05:21 in-target:
Apr 26 14:05:21 in-target: Lettura informazioni sullo stato...
Apr 26 14:05:21 in-target:
Apr 26 14:05:23 in-target: I seguenti pacchetti NUOVI saranno installati:
Apr 26 14:05:23 in-target: hfsprogs
Apr 26 14:05:23 in-target: 0 aggiornati, 1 installati, 0 da rimuovere e
0 non aggiornati.
Apr 26 14:05:23 in-target: È necessario scaricare 109 kB di archivi.
Apr 26 14:05:23 in-target: Dopo quest'operazione, verranno occupati 349
kB di spazio su disco.
Apr 26 14:05:23 in-target: Scaricamento di:1
http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports sid/main ppc64 hfsprogs ppc64
332.25-11+b3 [109 kB]
Apr 26 14:05:24 in-target: debconf: impossibile inizializzare il
frontend: Passthrough
Apr 26 14:05:24 in-target: debconf: (Failed to open fd 3: Bad file
descriptor at (eval 19) line 3.)
Apr 26 14:05:24 in-target: debconf: sarà usato il frontend: Noninteractive
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: Recuperati 109 kB in 0s (544 kB/s)
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: Selezionato il pacchetto hfsprogs non
precedentemente selezionato.^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... ^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 5%^M(Lettura del
database... 10%^M(Lettura del database... 15%^M(Lettura del database...
20%^M(Lettura del database... 25%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 30%^M(Lettura del
database... 35%^M(Lettura del database... 40%^M(Lettura del database...
45%^M(Lettura del database... 50%^M(Lettura del database...
55%^M(Lettura del database... 60%^M(Lettura del database... 65%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 70%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 75%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 80%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 85%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 90%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 95%^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: (Lettura del database... 100%^M(Lettura del
database... 28149 file e directory attualmente installati.)^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: Preparativi per estrarre
.../hfsprogs_332.25-11+b3_ppc64.deb...^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: Estrazione di hfsprogs (332.25-11+b3)...^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: Configurazione di hfsprogs (332.25-11+b3)...^M
Apr 26 14:05:25 in-target: Elaborazione dei trigger per man-db
(2.8.5-2)...^M
Apr 26 14:05:27 in-target: Initialized /dev/sdb as a 76293 MB HFS volume
Apr 26 14:05:27 anna-install: Installing hfs-modules
Apr 26 14:05:28 mk-hfs-bootstrap: Mounting HFS bootstrap partition
failed! Cannot continue. Exiting.
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: (process:11323): dpkg-divert: warning:
diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with
rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: (process:11323): dpkg-divert: warning:
diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with
rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: (process:11323): dpkg-divert: warning:
diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with
rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: (process:11323): dpkg-divert: warning:
diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with
rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: (process:11323): mount: mounting
/dev/sdb on /target/boot/grub failed: Device or resource busy
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer'
failed with error code 1
Apr 26 14:05:28 main-menu[219]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer'
failed.
Apr 26 14:13:07 main-menu[219]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit
from 'high' to 'medium'
Apr 26 14:13:07 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to medium
Apr 26 14:13:08 main-menu[219]: INFO: Falling back to the package
description for brltty-udeb
Apr 26 14:13:13 init: starting pid 2416, tty '/dev/tty2': '-/bin/sh'
Regards,
Roberto.