Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/3/20 2:05 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Hi! > > I uploaded updated Debian installer CD images today. > > These come with the latest versions of the kernel and the debian-installer > application as well as various other updates. The images can be found at > the usual location [1] as well as the debian-installer for netboot [2]. > > Known issues: > > - We still don't have support for contrib and non-free, so the images are > missing non-free firmware. It is planned that the Debian Ports FTP server > will be extended to support contrib and non-free but I don't have any > influence on that as this is up to the Debian Ports FTP maintainers. > > So far, I have tested the images on sparc64 only. Please test on the other > architectures and report back. > > Thanks, > Adrian > >> [1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2020-12-03/ >> [2] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-installer/2020-12-03/ > Install on an old PowerMac quad went smoothly however the system will not boot. I merely see the flashing Mac symbol in the center of the blank screen where it seems there is no bootable filesystem found. I did use the "guided" partition approach. Somewhat mystified by this result. -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional
Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/4/20 2:47 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > Install on an old PowerMac quad went smoothly however the system will > not boot. I merely see the flashing Mac symbol in the center of the > blank screen where it seems there is no bootable filesystem found. > > I did use the "guided" partition approach. > > Somewhat mystified by this result. It will stay a mystery unless you provide me with the installation log :-). Please send me the log, so I can see what's wrong. 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
Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/4/20 2:10 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 12/4/20 2:47 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> Install on an old PowerMac quad went smoothly however the system will >> not boot. I merely see the flashing Mac symbol in the center of the >> blank screen where it seems there is no bootable filesystem found. >> >> I did use the "guided" partition approach. >> >> Somewhat mystified by this result. > > It will stay a mystery unless you provide me with the installation log :-). > > Please send me the log, so I can see what's wrong. yes yes I know the drill :) I was somewhat tired and perplexed last night and was also working with the sparc64 server too. So I pulled the plug on the ppc64 boxen and simply figured I would work on that today. I have to recall a little netcat stuff but I figure I can get the logs out of there tonight. Please hold .. technical service monkeys are working on this :P -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional ps: I am the one of the monkeys of course.
Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/5/20 1:42 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > I was somewhat tired and perplexed last night and was also working with > the sparc64 server too. So I pulled the plug on the ppc64 boxen and > simply figured I would work on that today. I have to recall a little > netcat stuff but I figure I can get the logs out of there tonight. Was that a powerpc or ppc64 installation? Either way, looking forward to the log file. 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
Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/5/20 12:45 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 12/5/20 1:42 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> I was somewhat tired and perplexed last night and was also working with >> the sparc64 server too. So I pulled the plug on the ppc64 boxen and >> simply figured I would work on that today. I have to recall a little >> netcat stuff but I figure I can get the logs out of there tonight. > > Was that a powerpc or ppc64 installation? > > Either way, looking forward to the log file. ppc64 big endian. Working on that tonight. What log files should I look for? I don't want to have to go searching wildly later. Also I will get a ppc64le install going tonight. I can try RISC-V tomorrow. That should be a treat given that I don't know a damn thing about u-boot. :) -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional
Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/5/20 3:22 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > ppc64 big endian. Working on that tonight. So the parted_server issue affects 32-bit PowerPC only. Good to know. > What log files should I look for? I don't want to have to > go searching wildly later. Just /var/log/syslog or - after the installation - /var/log/installer. > I can try RISC-V tomorrow. That should be a treat given that I don't > know a damn thing about u-boot. :) Please post that to debian-ri...@lists.debian.org. 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
Re: Updated installer images 2020-12-02
On 12/5/20 2:25 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On 12/5/20 3:22 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> ppc64 big endian. Working on that tonight. > > So the parted_server issue affects 32-bit PowerPC only. Good to know. > >> What log files should I look for? I don't want to have to >> go searching wildly later. > > Just /var/log/syslog or - after the installation - /var/log/installer. For you Sir I have two things found in /var/log. See attached. Sure enough the machine rebooted to a blank screen with a curious lost and confused where is my operating system system. :) -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional ppc64_5.9.0-4-powerpc64_partman.file.xz Description: application/xz ppc64_5.9.0-4-powerpc64_syslog.file.xz Description: application/xz
