Re: Sid June 23-2023 Fresh install has broken “start-stop-daemon”

2024-05-02 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello, On Thu, 2024-05-02 at 16:38 +0100, md.ben...@gmail.com wrote: > I did a fresh install using the suggested Sid June 23-2024 iso and am glad > to report it’s working great and I was able to transfer it to the G5 Quad > and have it activate the temporary non-Apple GPU on the graphica

Sid June 23-2023 Fresh install has broken “start-stop-daemon”

2024-05-02 Thread md . benson
Hi, I did a fresh install using the suggested Sid June 23-2024 iso and am glad to report it’s working great and I was able to transfer it to the G5 Quad and have it activate the temporary non-Apple GPU on the graphical desktop. I encountered a problem when trying to install packages, however

Re: Sid Install on PowerMac G5

2024-04-30 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Mark, On Tue, 2024-04-30 at 09:05 +0100, md.ben...@gmail.com wrote: > smp_core99_probe > smp_core99_kick_cpu > smp_core99_kick_cpu_done > smp_core99_bringup_done This is a known, but yet unresolved regression, see [1]. Try using an older installer image, the last known to work image is the on

Sid Install on PowerMac G5

2024-04-30 Thread md . benson
Hello, I am trying to revive a PowerMac G5 Quad CPU system but currently have no Apple GPU at this time. As such I am trying to install Debian Sid to a 1.8 DP G5 with a Radeon 9600 AGP card and swap the drive over, but I have hit an impassable barrier with the Sid installer ISO. I can

Re: PPC64 install && Firefox

2024-04-08 Thread Ken Cunningham
> On Apr 8, 2024, at 1:02 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > wrote: > > On Mon, 2024-04-08 at 19:38 +1200, Mike Hosken wrote: >> As for Firefox thanks for the info, hopefully it will get fixed as it would >> make >> ppc64 still very useable in this modern era. > > Well, someone interested in

Re: PPC64 install && Firefox

2024-04-08 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Mike Hosken wrote: > When I burned it to a cd it didn’t boot. When I tried a dvd it did boot. That's strange. Do you still have that CD with the ISO on it ? If so, what do you get from a run of xorriso -indev /dev/sr0 -toc -report_system_area plain -check_media -- assumed that /dev/sr0 is

Re: PPC64 install && Firefox

2024-04-08 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On Mon, 2024-04-08 at 19:38 +1200, Mike Hosken wrote: > I used debian-12.0.0-ppc64-NETINST.iso with the date 2023-05-16. > I downloaded this from cdimage.debian.org. When I burned it to a > cd it didn’t boot. When I tried a dvd it did boot. I’m assuming > that it’s the latest image. There were 15

Re: PPC64 install && Firefox

2024-04-08 Thread Mike Hosken
ke Hosken wrote: >> I just wanted to give some feedback on the install of ppc64 on a Mac G5. >> >> I had a few issues when installing the latest version. > > Which image did you use? The latest snapshot image is known to not boot on > PowerMac G5, so I'm doubtful y

Re: PPC64 install && Firefox

2024-04-08 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello, On Mon, 2024-04-08 at 17:19 +1200, Mike Hosken wrote: > I just wanted to give some feedback on the install of ppc64 on a Mac G5. > > I had a few issues when installing the latest version. Which image did you use? The latest snapshot image is known to not boot on PowerMac G

PPC64 install && Firefox

2024-04-07 Thread Mike Hosken
Hi everyone, I just wanted to give some feedback on the install of ppc64 on a Mac G5. I had a few issues when installing the latest version. Grub install fails when not installing standard system utilities through tasksel during installation. I’m not sure if packages are required for ppc64

Re: Install failure debian-12.0.0ppc64-NETINST-1.iso on G5 Power Mac

2024-03-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
gt; 3) dev / ls.—> searching for address of the system ATA optical drive > 4) dev /ht/pci@3/ata-6@d/disk > 5) devalias ud /ht/pci@3/ata-6@d ls > 6) setenv boot-device ud:,\\:tbxi > 7) printenv boot-drive > 8) mac-boot > > Upon boot, the system comes up with the menu to

Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000

2024-03-26 Thread barravince
https://groups.google.com/g/linux.debian.ports.powerpc/c/C_3lrNkFmJg I went through this thread and I thought it might have helped.  Original message From: Bill deWindt Date: 27/03/2024 02:18 (GMT+01:00) To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Install problems on

Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000

2024-03-26 Thread Bill deWindt
is booted to under SUSE 10, so maybe I'm stuck with an older kernel but could migrate to an equally old Debian 3 which would at least get me off of RPM based systems entirely. :) Your 43-P150 system is listed here: https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install Apparently, th

Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000

2024-03-26 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
Hi Adrian, Bill, On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 10:01 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > Your 43-P150 system is listed here: > > > https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install > > Apparently, there were custom installation floppy disks for this machine. > > Since the l

Re: Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000

2024-03-26 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
of their own PowerPC machines in the Linux kernel unlike Apple PowerMacs, so chances might be that your machine is no longer supported and you would have to stick to an older kernel. Your 43-P150 system is listed here: > https://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/install Apparently, there were custom

Install problems on 43p-150 RS/6000

2024-03-25 Thread Bill deWindt
all on the machine. The boot process hits the floppy, then the CD and jumps right to the SUSE install on the Hard Drive. 2) Debian 40r9-powerpc-netinst iso bombs after reading the CD with the error: "Firmware Error: DEFAULT CATCH!" 3) Debian 6.0.10-powerpc-netinst iso hangs the sy

Re: Failed: grub-install --target=powerpc-ieee1275

2022-11-24 Thread Frank Scheiner
You're welcome! :-) On 24.11.22 22:22, Peter wrote: Hi Frank, That fixed it, thanks! Peter On Thu, 2022-11-24 at 00:31 +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: Hi Peter, On 24.11.22 00:18, Peter wrote: I seem to have a problem with grub being read-only after sudo apt update & apt upgrade on my iBook G

Re: Failed: grub-install --target=powerpc-ieee1275

2022-11-24 Thread Peter
Hi Frank, That fixed it, thanks! Peter On Thu, 2022-11-24 at 00:31 +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > Hi Peter, > > On 24.11.22 00:18, Peter wrote: > > I seem to have a problem with grub being read-only after sudo apt > > update & apt upgrade on my iBook G4: > > You need to fsck (and possibly repa

Re: Failed: grub-install --target=powerpc-ieee1275

2022-11-23 Thread Frank Scheiner
Hi Peter, On 24.11.22 00:18, Peter wrote: I seem to have a problem with grub being read-only after sudo apt update & apt upgrade on my iBook G4: You need to fsck (and possibly repair) the HFS partition GRUB is located on - use `fsck.hfs` from "hfsprogs" package (see [1] for details). When that

Failed: grub-install --target=powerpc-ieee1275

2022-11-23 Thread Peter
I seem to have a problem with grub being read-only after sudo apt update & apt upgrade on my iBook G4: Setting up grub-ieee1275 (2.06-5) ... Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform. grub-install: error: cannot backup `/boot/grub/powerpc- ieee1275/adler32.mod': Read-only file system. Fai

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-16 Thread vavagoga
What is the size limit for attached files on this list? It seems my mail with attached log file archive is not coming through:( It's 4.2MB big Here is a dropbox link for it: https://www.dropbox.com/s/hi01grmov78boaf/install-log.tar.gz?dl=0 Hope it will work! Thanks! On 2022-10-15

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-14 Thread Goga Vava
uggestion! But... hmm... well.. I tried to output it to > >> my home dir and also tried copying the whole install directory to the > >> desktop and also my home directory, but it keeps on saying I don't have > >> permission... So my guess is it looks like I don

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-13 Thread Ben Westover
On 10/13/22 8:12 PM, vavagoga wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion! But... hmm... well.. I  tried to output it to > my home dir and also tried copying the whole install directory to the > desktop and also my home directory, but it keeps on saying I don't have > permission... So my

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-13 Thread vavagoga
Thanks for the suggestion! But... hmm... well.. I  tried to output it to my home dir and also tried copying the whole install directory to the desktop and also my home directory, but it keeps on saying I don't have permission... So my guess is it looks like I don't actually

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-13 Thread Ben Westover
On 10/13/22 7:19 PM, vavagoga wrote: > Oh yeah, I have found it in /var/log/installer, thanks for the tip! > > But, when I try to compress it - it says: permission denied.. hmm.. why > is that? Is ther any work around for that? You don't have permission to write to that directory. Tell tar to out

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-13 Thread vavagoga
ot; during installation. However, when the installation has finished, the log files can be found in the directory "/var/log/installer". If you have access to this directory, just compress the directory and sent it to the list. # tar czf install-log.tar.gz /var/log/installer

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-13 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
27;t know how to access that syslog file.. The installer log is found in "/var/log/syslog" during installation. However, when the installation has finished, the log files can be found in the directory "/var/log/installer". If you have access to this directory, just compress t

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-13 Thread vavagoga
3 09:14, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi! On 10/13/22 07:22, vavagoga wrote: An update about my problem with GRUB.. After wiping up disk and PRAM reset I was able to install GRUB, but it doesn't boot... If I start G5 when pressing "option" button it then shows GNU icon a

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-12 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi! On 10/13/22 07:22, vavagoga wrote: An update about my problem with GRUB.. After wiping up disk and PRAM reset I was able to install GRUB, but it doesn't boot... If I start G5 when pressing "option" button it then shows GNU icon as boot option, but it's not booting

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-12 Thread Ken Cunningham
every three or four months. Once you have that, things usually go smoothly. Best, Ken > On Oct 12, 2022, at 10:22 PM, vavagoga wrote: > > > An update about my problem with GRUB.. > > After wiping up disk and PRAM reset I was able to install GRUB, but it > doesn&#x

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-12 Thread vavagoga
An update about my problem with GRUB.. After wiping up disk and PRAM reset I was able to install GRUB, but it doesn't boot... If I start G5 when pressing "option" button it then shows GNU icon as boot option, but it's not booting from there - when I click it screen r

Re: Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-05 Thread Ben Westover
Hello, On October 5, 2022 5:37:35 PM EDT, vavagoga wrote: >Hey there! > >I've been advised by kaiser.friedrich on youtube to join this list for more >detailed help with my problem.. > >I am trying to install Debian on my old G5, but installation always fail >during &q

Seeking for help with Debian 11 (2022-03-28 image) - can't install GRUB

2022-10-05 Thread vavagoga
Hey there! I've been advised by kaiser.friedrich on youtube to join this list for more detailed help with my problem.. I am trying to install Debian on my old G5, but installation always fail during "Select and install software" and then also during GRUB installation.. May

Re: red background always during install

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/28/22 04:13, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 10:00 AM Dennis Clarke wrote: On 3/28/22 03:56, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 9:52 AM Dennis Clarke wrote: . . . Computer says no. :) sorry. I checked /proc/modules and there is no radeon to be see

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/28/22 04:04, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 3/28/22 09:56, Dennis Clarke wrote: Can you try with one of the hard drives removed? That would be somewhat difficult tonight. I have it in a stack with another silver Power_Xeon_Mac under it and a system running on top of it etc etc etc.

Re: red background always during install

2022-03-28 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 10:00 AM Dennis Clarke wrote: > > On 3/28/22 03:56, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 9:52 AM Dennis Clarke wrote: > >> > >> > >> Red background always during install : > >> > >> h

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 3/28/22 09:56, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> >> Can you try with one of the hard drives removed? >> > That would be somewhat difficult tonight. I have it in a stack with > another silver Power_Xeon_Mac under it and a system running on top of it > etc etc etc. However I can shut things down and begin t

Re: red background always during install

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/28/22 03:56, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 9:52 AM Dennis Clarke wrote: Red background always during install : https://i.imgur.com/ja5SI2x.png Strange but true :\ Same thing I saw last year and the year before that etc ... Can you check that radeonfb module was

Re: red background always during install

2022-03-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Mathieu! On 3/28/22 09:56, Mathieu Malaterre wrote: > Can you check that radeonfb module was loaded ? I believe Alt+F2 gives > you a shell during the install. > > https://bugs.debian.org/826629 Thanks for the reference. I was pretty sure that we've seen this bug before

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
Can you try with one of the hard drives removed? That would be somewhat difficult tonight. I have it in a stack with another silver Power_Xeon_Mac under it and a system running on top of it etc etc etc. However I can shut things down and begin the dusty process if we really need to rip out

Re: red background always during install

2022-03-28 Thread Mathieu Malaterre
On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 9:52 AM Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > Red background always during install : > > https://i.imgur.com/ja5SI2x.png > > Strange but true :\ > > Same thing I saw last year and the year before that etc ... Can you check that radeonfb module was loaded ?

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 3/28/22 09:50, Dennis Clarke wrote: > Actually I wiped both disks and went back to the partition stage and used sdb > ( why not ? ) where I see good results : > > https://i.imgur.com/wfCbQLQ.png That looks good unless findfs() in grub-installer gets confused with /target/boot/grub coming

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
Also very strange. It should be blue. However the machine runs great. Stable as a rock. When we get an install done of course. ha ha -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional

red background always during install

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
Red background always during install : https://i.imgur.com/ja5SI2x.png Strange but true :\ Same thing I saw last year and the year before that etc ... -- Dennis Clarke RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC UNIX and Linux spoken GreyBeard and suspenders optional

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 3/28/22 09:39, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> Did you actually switch to a second console and checked there is an >> HFS partition, i.e. by running: >> >> # mount | grep hfs > > Just tried that. Sorry. Nothing there. Strange. > Also, same error as before the GRUB b

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/28/22 03:23, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On 3/28/22 09:18, Dennis Clarke wrote: I can only guess that the partition step worked : https://i.imgur.com/izFmDCe.png Did you actually switch to a second console and checked there is an HFS partition, i.e. by running: # mount | grep

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
hfs Just tried that. Sorry. Nothing there. Also, same error as before the GRUB boot loader will not install. However this is exactly what I saw the first time I tried. Why is the background red? What did you do? I have never seen any other color on the console during install. Ever

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 3/28/22 09:18, Dennis Clarke wrote: > I can only guess that the partition step worked : > > https://i.imgur.com/izFmDCe.png Did you actually switch to a second console and checked there is an HFS partition, i.e. by running: # mount | grep hfs > However this is exactly what I saw the firs

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-28 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/28/22 01:59, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hello! On 3/28/22 00:14, Dennis Clarke wrote: I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda3 Executing '

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/28/22 01:59, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hello! On 3/28/22 00:14, Dennis Clarke wrote: I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda3 Executing '

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hi Ken! On 3/28/22 03:34, Ken Cunningham wrote: > FYI Adrian’s ISO works perfectly for me on both 32 bit and 64 bit systems. Did you test the latest 64-bit image on a 64-bit machine? Looking at the image, I'm very confident it should work and I have not yet figured out what Dennis did that the G

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 3/28/22 03:10, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Ugfqj1ank > > Use the 32-bit version of grubfix32.sh, even on the 64-bit install. > Use /dev/sda2 instead of /dev/sda3 when fixing grub. This guy could have contacted me instead of creating a video which

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello! On 3/28/22 00:14, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used > the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : > > Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda3 > Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda3&#x

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Mar 28, 2022, at 3:57 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > I can report that the 32-bit powerpc netinst presents me with a GRUB > menu and then "default install" leads to total failure. I took a picture > as there was no other option while staring at a big white consol

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/27/22 22:25, Stan Johnson wrote: On 3/27/22 7:56 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: ... The 64bit netinst seems to work fine until we get to the GRUB install stage and perhaps the previous syslog and partman files I submitted will shed some light. Otherwise a very stable machine that usually just

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/27/22 22:25, Ken Cunningham wrote: Your log said that you saw this: grub-install: error: filesystem on /boot/grub is neither HFS nor HFS+ I have no idea what the filesystem on /boot/grub might be, but it should be HFS or HFS+ for this to work. So, assuming you are using the blessed ISO

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Ken Cunningham
Your log said that you saw this: grub-install: error: filesystem on /boot/grub is neither HFS nor HFS+ I have no idea what the filesystem on /boot/grub might be, but it should be HFS or HFS+ for this to work. So, assuming you are using the blessed ISO and no other, what I would do is start

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/27/22 21:34, Ken Cunningham wrote: On Mar 27, 2022, at 6:10 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Ugfqj1ank Use the 32-bit version of grubfix32.sh, even on the 64-bit install. Use /dev/sda2 instead of /dev/sda3 when fixing grub. Jeff FYI Adrian’s ISO works

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Ken Cunningham
> On Mar 27, 2022, at 6:10 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Ugfqj1ank > > Use the 32-bit version of grubfix32.sh, even on the 64-bit install. > Use /dev/sda2 instead of /dev/sda3 when fixing grub. > > Jeff > FYI Adrian’s ISO works

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Mar 27, 2022 at 6:15 PM Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used > the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : > > Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda3 > Executing 'grub

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/27/22 18:40, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On Mar 28, 2022, at 12:15 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:  I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : Could be that the hfsprogs-udeb package is missing on th

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 3/27/22 18:40, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: On Mar 28, 2022, at 12:15 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:  I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : Could be that the hfsprogs-udeb package is missing on th

Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Mar 28, 2022, at 12:15 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > >  > I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used > the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : Could be that the hfsprogs-udeb package is missing on the ISO. Try installing with the 32-bit power

netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader

2022-03-27 Thread Dennis Clarke
I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message : Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda3 Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda3' failed. This is a fatal error. I used netcat to fetch the syslog a

Installation report - Successful install via netinst images on Beige G3

2021-10-08 Thread Alex Perez
I was successfully able to install Debian 11 to a 266MHz Beige G3 (Old World) using the 2020-10-06 NETINST image[1] Because this is an Old World machine, I copied the initrd and kernel from the CD to my System boot volume, and loaded them using BootX 1.2.2. Note that the initrd in the ISO

Re: Steps to boot a fresh PowerPC32 install of Debian from GRUB on installer CD

2021-01-03 Thread Alex Perez
pshots/2020-11-09/debian-10.0.0-powerpc-\ > NETINST-1.iso) but have no installed bootloader (grub install fails), here's > what you can do to temporarily > boot in to this installed environment: Are you sure you used this image? I'm asking because all newer images are known t

Re: Steps to boot a fresh PowerPC32 install of Debian from GRUB on installer CD

2021-01-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
T-1.iso) but have no installed bootloader (grub install fails), here's > what you can do to temporarily > boot in to this installed environment: Are you sure you used this image? I'm asking because all newer images are known to have issues with partman on 32-bit PowerPC machines. Ar

Steps to boot a fresh PowerPC32 install of Debian from GRUB on installer CD

2021-01-03 Thread Alex Perez
If you've successfully gotten 32-bit PowerPC Debian installed using one of the recent Debian Ports snapshot CDs (I used https://ftp.acc.umu.se/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2020-11-09/debian-10.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso) but have no installed bootloader (grub install fails), here's what y

Re: Building debian-installer CD images - was: Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 11/13/20 6:38 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > You don't need to build debian-installer manually and you don't need > to include the bootloader installers manually. Small addendum: You will most likely have to build debian-installer manually since the kernel ABI used in debian-installer's

Building debian-installer CD images - was: Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 11/13/20 5:55 PM, Anatoly Pugachev wrote: > It would nice to have instructions on how to build an iso image, > probably step by step, > since all my attempts to build something bootable on sparc64 and/or > ppc64 actually failed. It doesn't really involve much. You can mostly follow Helge's inst

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread Anatoly Pugachev
at our discoveries help in anyway > >> If you'd like to know more then don't hesitate to ask > > > > I wonder if it is still possible to give an option to install yaboot > > (besides of grub) when installing on powerpc hardware... > > The problem with such

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread Deinsti Suski
if it's yabootconfig or > yaboot > > itself because in both cases the system still can't detect the .conf and > > neither process throws any anomalies in the logs during > > yabootconfig/installing to PreP) > > I honestly have a hard time believing that GRUB wouldn&#x

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
tate to ask > > I wonder if it is still possible to give an option to install yaboot > (besides of grub) when installing on powerpc hardware... The problem with such suggestions is that all that works ends up with me as there is no one else willing to help with the PowerPC port at the mom

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> itself because in both cases the system still can't detect the .conf and > neither process throws any anomalies in the logs during > yabootconfig/installing to PreP) I honestly have a hard time believing that GRUB wouldn't work on the pSeries 550 when Yaboot works. I have a pSer

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread Anatoly Pugachev
On Fri, Nov 13, 2020 at 3:21 PM Deinsti Suski wrote: > We would like to thank everyone for their help and suggestions and I hope > that our discoveries help in anyway > If you'd like to know more then don't hesitate to ask I wonder if it is still possible to give an optio

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-13 Thread Deinsti Suski
Quite a late email cause I forgot to give a status update on the server After intensive testing, we managed to get SID to install on the pSeries 550 - What we had to do was obtain the last Debian SID ppc64 netinst which still included Yaboot as a bootloader "*during install*" - thi

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-04 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 02:48:03PM +, Deinsti Suski wrote: > Hello Len > > 1; Yes, we are using the MBR Partition table > 2; the PreP partition is 8MB and has the Boot flag set to on > 3; Debian is running on bare-metal, no hypervisor involved > 3; Correct, the installer boots with no issues a

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-04 Thread Deinsti Suski
Hello Adrian Sure thing, when I get back home I will make a new installation media with Wheezy on it any specific installation instructions? or should we just install it normally Dein On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 at 18:59, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz < glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > On 1

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-04 Thread Deinsti Suski
ently me and a friend of mine have been trying to install Debian Sid > on > > an IBM pSeries 550 server to no avail; we have attempted a variety of > > methods such as installing GRUB with everything on an / ext4 partition, > > GRUB with a separate ext2 /boot and ext4 /, Yaboot

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-03 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 11/1/20 10:24 PM, Deinsti Suski wrote: > The hardware is an IBM pSeries 550 Server > Processors: 4x IBM POWER6 cards with 2-Cores at 4GHz each (Total: 8 Cores) > RAM: 92GB > HDD: Single 300GB drive (No RAID) > > > Do you have any suggestions on how to get this system to boot? Can you first tr

Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-03 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Sun, Nov 01, 2020 at 09:24:08PM +, Deinsti Suski wrote: > Recently me and a friend of mine have been trying to install Debian Sid on > an IBM pSeries 550 server to no avail; we have attempted a variety of > methods such as installing GRUB with everything on an / ext4 partition, &g

Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install

2020-11-01 Thread Deinsti Suski
Recently me and a friend of mine have been trying to install Debian Sid on an IBM pSeries 550 server to no avail; we have attempted a variety of methods such as installing GRUB with everything on an / ext4 partition, GRUB with a separate ext2 /boot and ext4 /, Yaboot with everything on an ext4

Fail to install libjpeg-dev

2020-08-03 Thread Carlos Rodrigues
I'm getting the follow error when I try to install libjpeg-dev on ppc64 The following packages have unmet dependencies:  libjpeg-dev : Depends: libjpeg62-turbo-dev (>= 1:2.0.5-1.1) but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-26 Thread Romain Dolbeau
n prompt. Out of curiosity, I installed a newer kernel (the CD installer used 5.6, I added 5.7), install was flawless including the update of grub.cfg, and the VM rebooted directly on 5.7. So it seems if qemu let 'nvsetenv' do its thing, the installer would have no issue (at least w

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
;s not surprising that grub-install fails. The emulation here is just incomplete here then. > First thing to ask is does your newly created vm-ppc HD image boot when you > change > the "-boot" parameter to "-boot c"? You can just skip the failed installation of GRUB an

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 25/07/2020 18:16, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Le sam. 25 juil. 2020 à 11:55, Mark Cave-Ayland > a écrit : >> First thing to ask is does your newly created vm-ppc HD image boot when you >> change >> the "-boot" parameter to "-boot c"? > > Nope, couldn't get it to boot with just 'c' or the paramet

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Romain Dolbeau
Le sam. 25 juil. 2020 à 11:55, Mark Cave-Ayland a écrit : > First thing to ask is does your newly created vm-ppc HD image boot when you > change > the "-boot" parameter to "-boot c"? Nope, couldn't get it to boot with just 'c' or the parameters I listed (... after removing the '-cdrom XXX' param

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 25/07/2020 10:02, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Le mer. 22 juil. 2020 à 18:01, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > a écrit : >> Use scp. > > Or 'cp' to /target, and then mount /target from the VM host. > > Attached is the syslog from attempting to install in a QEMU VM

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Romain Dolbeau
Le mer. 22 juil. 2020 à 18:01, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > Use scp. Or 'cp' to /target, and then mount /target from the VM host. Attached is the syslog from attempting to install in a QEMU VM (similar to David's); GRUB fails to install for me as well. This is wi

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-23 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 23/07/2020 18:47, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> For /var/log/syslog, I don't know how to catch it. I can't boot the >> virtual machine as GRUB did not install. I tried to mount the qcow2 >> image with libqcow-utils but it did not work. I will make a new >> install

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-23 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 7/20/20 3:21 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Le 20/07/2020 à 15:18, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : >> On 7/20/20 12:57 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >>> and at the end of the installation, GRUB doesn't install : >>> http://dl.free.fr/jG1llNJtk >> I don

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 6:31 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > apt-install refused to install mc or scp or anything, saying apt-install > is already running or something like it. You cannot use apt within the installation environment. > I went to the end of the installation and... the VM rebooted. >

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
esn't start (strange because I >> can install it with apt-install mc). > Use scp. > > Adrian > apt-install refused to install mc or scp or anything, saying apt-install is already running or something like it. I went to the end of the installation and... the VM rebooted. Sorr

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 6:00 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > I dont know how to :o( > > I tried to mount a local shared folder with 9P but it doesn't work. I'm > trying to copy it by FTP with mc but mc doesn't start (strange because I > can install it with apt-install mc). Use

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
unt a local shared folder with 9P but it doesn't work. I'm trying to copy it by FTP with mc but mc doesn't start (strange because I can install it with apt-install mc). -- Installer facilement Linux : http://infolib.re .--. |o_o | ||_/ | //\\Envoyé depuis mon Linux (| |) / \_ _/ \ \___)=(___/

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 5:35 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Ask me if you need lines before. Can you please send the whole log file? Having to ask you for every line is not helpful. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - g

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
> If that doesn't work either, go back to the main menu after the installation > has > failed and then go to "Execute a shell" and access the syslog this way. Aaaah ! I did not understand and see this option in the menu. Thank you. A screenshot of the last lines in /var/log/system : https://dr

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jul 22, 2020, at 11:25 AM, David VANTYGHEM > wrote: > I found something that could work. I started my VM with -monitor stdio option > and then I had the qemu shell. With the qemu command sendkey ctrl-alt-f2, > sendkey ctrl-alt-f1, I can switch to terminal in VM. I mak

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
* option and then I had the qemu shell. With the qemu command *sendkey ctrl-alt-f2*, *sendkey ctrl-alt-f1*, I can switch to terminal in VM. I make a new install, result in a few hours maybe... -- Installer facilement Linux : http://infolib.re .--. |o_o | ||_/ | //\\Envoyé depuis mon Linux (| |) / \_ _/ \ \___)=(___/

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-21 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 8:43 AM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Alt+Function Keys don't work in AQEMU. Then run the installation through a virtual serial console. This allows you switch to different screens (i.e. from GNU screen) using Ctrl+a+p. Even though I have a hard time believing that you can't use Alt+Functi

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