Hi again! I used the image you suggested, that worked (mostly) in a PowerBook G4 that I have over here. The installation of grub was this time interrupted by an error I managed to see in the logs:
Oct 15 18:12:24 main-menu[252]: (process:1780): chroot: can't execute 'hmount': No such file or directory Oct 15 18:12:24 main-menu[252]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 127 However, I omitted that step and finished the installation. Then, I booted in rescue mode and finished installing grub2 successfully. Is there any information on how to be successfull the same way with the iMac G3 ? Regards, El vie, 11 oct 2024 a las 15:17, Manuel Molina Cuberos (<m...@pocosmhz.org>) escribió: > Hi Ed! > > Thanks for the hint. > I toasted another CD with the image you suggested. > Launched the installation and everything was working up to the mirror > selection stage. > I added one mirror (deb.debian.org) but from the error reported and the > looks of the log, it seems that the current contents of the mirror show an > inconsistent situation for installing gcc-14. > > I clicked back, reconfigured APT for using only the CD and continued. > Then it reached the stage of grub installation. Same issue: it hangs up. > > In the console log I can find this: > > INFO: task grub-install:17327 blocked for more than 483 seconds. > Not tainted 6.3.0-1-powerpc #1 Debian 6.3.7-1 > "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disabled this message. > task:grub-install state:D stack:0 pid:17327 ppid:17214 > flags:0x00000.... > Call Trace: > [f3cf1b30] [00000004] 0x4 (unreliable) > ... > (it goes on) > > I managed to capture the current versions of the packages, according to > /target/var/log/dpkg.log contents: > > grub-common:powerpc 2.06-13 > grub2-common:powerpc 2.06-13 > grub-ieee1275-bin:powerpc 2.06-13 > > Anything I've missed? > > Regards, > > > El vie, 11 oct 2024 a las 8:08, Ed Robbins (<edd.robb...@googlemail.com>) > escribió: > >> Hi Manuel >> >> On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 at 23:50, Manuel Molina Cuberos <m...@pocosmhz.org> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hi all! >> > >> > I have several PowerPC based computers. One of them is an iMac G3/500 >> DV SE (powermac2,2) with 1 GB RAM and 30 GB hard drive. >> > >> > I've had it with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS but it's out of support already. It >> worked fine from boot perspective, and it was using yaboot. >> > >> > I wanted to install Debian 12, now that I know that the architecture is >> being maintained. >> > I downloaded and installed it from this image: >> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-02-25/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso >> . >> >> Grub right now only works on certain specially prepared CD images. You >> need to use this one, it should solve your issue >> >> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-06-18/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso >> >> Best, >> Ed >> >> > >> > The disk layout for this installation was: >> > >> > Device / Size / Type / Mount point / Bootable >> > ------------------------------------------------------- >> > /dev/sda13 128MB HFS /boot/grub yes >> > /dev/sda14 11GB ext4 / no >> > /dev/sda15 512MB swap no >> > >> > However, when it comes the time to install grub, the system hangs at >> 16% progress of that stage. >> > I opened a console and checked. The process hung was grub-ieee1275 >> > >> > The system log (Alt+F4) showed a dump of a killed process. >> > >> > I was able to kill that and finish the installation (users etcetera). >> > I booted in rescue mode. Then mounted and verified that /boot/grub was >> r/w. >> > Then tried to complete the installation, to no avail. The error message >> this time: >> > >> > Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform . Errors were encountered >> while processing grub-ieee1275 >> > >> > Any hint of what I'm missing or doing wrong? >> > Any hint will be very much appreciated. >> > >> > -- >> > Regards, >> > >> > Manuel Molina Cuberos >> > > > -- > Un saludo, > > Manuel Molina Cuberos (deluxe_) > -- Un saludo, Manuel Molina Cuberos (deluxe_)
