Hello! For anyone wanting to install a current Debian unstable snapshot onto their PowerMacs, I'm going to write down a short guide how to make sure GRUB gets installed properly (in case the installation fails).
Use either the powerpc or ppc64 image depending on your machine type: > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2021-02-02/ Install normally. After GRUB has been installed and the installation has finished, don't reboot the machine yet. Switch to another console and enter the following commands: # mount -o bind /dev/ /target/dev/ # mount -o bind /proc/ /target/proc/ # mount -o bind /sys/ /target/sys/ # chroot /target/ # bash # grub-install --macppc-directory=/boot/grub # export boot_device=$(nvram --print-config=boot-device) # nvsetenv boot-device ${boot_device%%\\\\BootX}\\grub # exit # exit # umount /target/dev # umount /target/proc # umount /target/sys # exit Then switch back to the installer console. I am going to fix the GRUB installation for PowerMacs in the next weeks once and for all. I have read through the grub-installer code again and now have a rough idea for a proper fix for the issue. The current fix that Frank Scheiner authored and that we have been using the past months is actually a bit hacky and unreliable which is why I will take another approach which will involve a udeb for hfsprogs so that partman-auto can set up the HFS partition automatically. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
