Bug#295134: d-i installation report
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: debian-installer netinst daily-20050208
uname -a: Linux fermat 2.6.8-power4 #1 Sat Jan 8 18:52:26 CET 2005 ppc GNU/Linux
Date: 20050209
Method: Did a netinst, not proxied
Machine: PowerMac G5
Processor: PPC970
Memory: 1536 MB
Root Device: Not sure really, but seems like SATA (uses sata_svw module), I also don't know how to find out.
Root Size/partition table:
# type name length base ( size ) system
/dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/sda2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 64 (800.0k) NewWorld bootblock
/dev/sda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 2097152 @ 1664 ( 1.0G) Linux swap
/dev/sda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root 78125001 @ 2098816 ( 37.3G) Linux native
/dev/sda5 Apple_Free Extra 232357991 @ 80223817 (110.8G) Free space
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=312581808
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
lspci:
0000:f0:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. U3 AGP
0000:f0:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200 Ultra] (rev a1)
0001:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12)
0001:00:02.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8131 PCI-X Bridge (rev 12)
0001:00:03.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge
0001:00:04.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge
0001:00:05.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge
0001:00:06.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge
0001:00:07.0 PCI bridge: Apple Computer Inc. K2 HT-PCI Bridge
0001:01:07.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo Mac/IO (rev 20)
0001:01:08.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo USB
0001:01:09.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. K2 KeyLargo USB
0001:02:0b.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0001:02:0b.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
0001:02:0b.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
0001:03:0d.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. K2 ATA/100
0001:03:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Apple Computer Inc. K2 FireWire
0001:04:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. K2 GMAC (Sun GEM)
0001:05:0c.0 IDE interface: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0240
lspci -n:
0000:f0:0b.0 0600: 106b:004b
0000:f0:10.0 0300: 10de:0321 (rev a1)
0001:00:01.0 0604: 1022:7450 (rev 12)
0001:00:02.0 0604: 1022:7450 (rev 12)
0001:00:03.0 0604: 106b:0045
0001:00:04.0 0604: 106b:0046
0001:00:05.0 0604: 106b:0047
0001:00:06.0 0604: 106b:0048
0001:00:07.0 0604: 106b:0049
0001:01:07.0 ff00: 106b:0041 (rev 20)
0001:01:08.0 0c03: 106b:0040
0001:01:09.0 0c03: 106b:0040
0001:02:0b.0 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43)
0001:02:0b.1 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 43)
0001:02:0b.2 0c03: 1033:00e0 (rev 04)
0001:03:0d.0 ff00: 106b:0043
0001:03:0e.0 0c00: 106b:0042
0001:04:0f.0 0200: 106b:004c
0001:05:0c.0 0101: 1166:0240
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [o]
Configure network HW: [o]
Config network: [o]
Detect CD: [o]
Load installer modules: [o]
Detect hard drives: [o]
Partition hard drives: [o]
Create file systems: [o]
Mount partitions: [o]
Install base system: [o]
Install boot loader: [o]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems: The first error I saw is the screen in the debian installer
has a red background rather then the expected blue. Minor issue. However, my
real problem came when rebooting. yabootconfig labled my root device as
/dev/sdb which is how it detected in the running kernel of the installer:
/var/log/debian-installer/syslog:
Feb 9 14:05:52 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
Feb 9 14:05:52 kernel: SCSI device sdb: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
Feb 9 14:05:52 kernel: SCSI device sdb: drive cache: write back
Feb 9 14:05:52 kernel: [mac] p1 p2 p3 p4 p5
Feb 9 14:05:52 kernel: Attached scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
because there is a "mystery device" at sda:
Feb 9 14:05:21 kernel: Attached scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
info: /bin/report-hw: discover: ;;;Y-E DATA;USB-FDU;/dev/sda
info: /bin/report-hw: discover: ;;;ATA;ST3160023AS;/dev/sdb
However, when rebooting, the device is mounted as /dev/sda:
Feb 9 16:01:06 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: 312581808 512-byte hdwr sectors (160042 MB)
Feb 9 16:01:06 localhost kernel: SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
Feb 9 16:01:06 localhost kernel: /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: [mac] p1 p2 p3 p4 p5
Feb 9 16:01:06 localhost kernel: Attached scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
To get around this, I had to exec a shell in the installer to edit yaboot.conf
to read root=/dev/sda4 instead of root=/dev/sdb4. Interestingly enough, I had
this problem with both -rc2 and the daily 20050208. I also had this *same*
problem on an i686 machine (though at the time I though the mystery device was
an external usb floppy, so I didn't file a bug).
Finally, sound doesn't work but that is not surprising since I have heard G5
sound was not supported.
-Michael Forbes
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