Bug#241001: Mostly successful Mac m68k install - fstab/partitioning issues.
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version:
http://people.debian.org/~smarenka/d-i/images-m68k/daily/mac/
(29th March)
uname -a: Linux caleb 2.2.25-mac #1 Thu Mar 18 01:26:39 CET 2004 m68k GNU/Linux
Date: 18:50 BST, 29th March 2004
Method: Penguin 18 boot loader for nativehd-vmlinuz-2.2.25-mac and
nativehd-initrd.gz. Rest over the network from where ever the default
is; I wasn't asked which mirror to use.
Machine: Macintosh LC475
Processor: 68040 (full FPU)
Memory: 36MB
Root Device: 512MB Conner SCSI HD (sdb)
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/sda
# type name length base ( size ) system
/dev/sda1 HFS MacOS 160000 @ 96 ( 78.1M) HFS
/dev/sda2 map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/sda3 Dr43 Macintosh 32 @ 64 ( 16.0k) Driver 4.3
/dev/sda4 Free Extra 6104 @ 160096 ( 3.0M) Free space
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=166200
Disk /dev/sdb
# type name length base ( size ) system
/dev/sdb1 map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/sdb2 Drvr Macintosh 32 @ 64 ( 16.0k) Driver
/dev/sdb3 HFS MacOS 120000 @ 96 ( 58.6M) HFS
/dev/sdb4 unix Swap 140000 @ 120096 ( 68.4M) Linux swap
/dev/sdb5 unix UNIX Root&Us 796612 @ 260096 (389.0M) Linux native
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=1056708
sdb4 is swap, sdb5 is /, nothing else mounted.
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [E]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Booting was a real PITA; I think mainly because I tried the images linked
from the d-i page first rather than Stephen Marenka's images. Once I had those
it was a lot simpler.
Was worried about memory as Stephen had said 40MB was probably needed; didn't
seem to be a problem however.
Disk partitioning only offers /dev/sda; I have /dev/sdb as well which is where
I actually wanted to install. Was able to used mac-fdisk from the shell
manually to partition /dev/sdb
I initially tried with a SyQuest removable drive rather than the Conner drive
as sdb, but when it didn't get listed I assumed it wasn't being detected.
(sda is an 80MB Quantum drive internal to the Mac which holds Mac OS stuff)
All ok until I rebooted into the new system (used the same kernel as for
install but told Penguin to pass root=/dev/sdb5):
No /etc/fstab; or rather, an empty one.
Created this manually.
Rest of the install seemed to go fine, albeit very, very slowly.
J.
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