PPC64 Image Installation Error
Hello.
I'm running a Late 2005 Power Mac G5 (11,2), and although the regular
powerpc installer images may be fixed from most problems at this point
(going off of other people's posted experiences), the newest netinstall
ppc64 images from 2019-01-27 (http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2
019-01-27/) are still unable to install the linux-image-powerpc64
package during normal (non-expert) installation, and when the installer
gives you the notification of this, it quits the rest of the
installation, leaving an incomplete base system.
The notification window itself displays "Unable to install the selected
kernel" in red text at the top, with the description "An error was
returned while trying to install the selected kernel into the target
system." in regular black text. It specifies with "Kernel package:
'linux-image-powerpc64'." below, and adds "Check /var/log/syslog or see
virtual console 4 for the details." at the end. It is accompanied by a
blue backdrop instead of the usual red.
Upon further inspection into virtual console 4 (Ctrl+Alt+F4), the last
remaining written installer activity is displayed, a particular point
of interest after the usual "Unpacking linux-image-4.19.0-2-powerpc64
(4.19.16-1) ...", being: "dpkg: error processing archive
/media/cdrom//pool-ppc64/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.19.0-2-
powerpc64_4.19.16-1_ppc64.deb (--unpack)", "Cannot copy extracted data
for './boot/vmlinux-4.19.0-2-powerpc64' to '/boot/vmlinux-4.19.0-2-
powerpc64.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device)", "dpkg-
deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)", "W:
Last kernel image has been removed, so removing the default symlinks".
It then goes on to normally select, prepare to unpack, and unpack
linux-image-powerpc64, only to stop with "Errors were encountered while
processing: /media/cdrom//pool-ppc64/main/l/linux/linux-image-4.19.0-2-
powerpc64_4.19.16-1_ppc64.deb", "error: exiting on error base-
installer/kernel/failed-install", "WARNING **: Configuring 'bootstrap-
base' failed with error code 30", "WARNING **: Menu item 'bootstrap-
base' failed.", ending there.
Debian 7.11, 8.11, and the May 2018 Sid netinstall cd, all install onto
this machine (given the same partition tables) without a hitch, along
with Ubuntu Server 16.04.5. Though admittedly they were all of regular
powerpc decent and not ppc64 as seen here. I had also tried the Debian
9 installer port for ppc64 (http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/9.0
/ppc64/iso-cd/) and got the same result displayed here, so it appears
this may be a longstanding issue among the ppc64 builds, at least from
my point of view.
Putting that aside, maybe something was overlooked in the ppc64 images
specifically when building the new batches? To my knowledge, much of it
should be synonymous with the regular powerpc builds, save for a 64-bit
userspace over a 32-bit one, but of course, I'm not a developer.
In any case, all is much appreciated.
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