Re: Workaround for installing Debian onto PowerMacs (2020-02-02 image)
On 2/7/21 11:18 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, at 12:43 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>> On 2/7/21 1:18 AM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>> But when it rebooted, all I got was a folder icon with a blinking question mark.
>>
>> Did you verify that:
>>
>> - /ht@0,f2000000/pci@5/k2-sata-root@c/@-1/@0:2 corresponds to the partition
>> where /boot/grub is mounted and GRUB was installed?
>
> What would be the correct way to do that?
Find out which disk and partition is mounted to /boot/grub:
# mount |grep grub
Then use ofpathname to check the OF path for that disk, for example:
# ofpathname /dev/sda2
>> I think the mechanism is rather easy to understand, you need to make sure the
>> GRUB files are present, placed on an HFS filesystem and the firmware boot
>> entry is pointing to it.
>>
>> But again, this is just a hack, the proper bootloader installation is still
>> work-in-progress.
>
> I await the culmination of that work in progress with great anticipation!
> Let me know if there's anything you would like tested!
This will take a few more days. I have a preliminary version of partman-hfs hacked
together now, but that one still needs some more refinement before it can be
tested.
Then I need to patch grub-installer and partman-auto, then it should be able to
build a working installation image.
> Thanks for all your efforts!
Sure.
Adrian
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