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: 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: 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: 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

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 boot loader will not install. Can

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
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 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 'grub-i

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 'grub-i

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 shows how to appl

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' failed. > > This is a

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 console with > strange messages ab

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 ru

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 a

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 fre

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 per

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 perfectly for me on both 32

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-install /dev/sda3' failed. > >

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 and partman f