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installation-report: powerpc-beta4 successful (G3 blue+white)



Package: installation-reports

Hello,

this my first installation on powerpc :-)

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: from
http://www.uk.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
   following the beta4 link
  
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/powerpc/beta4/sarge-p
owerpc-netinst.iso

uname -a: 
    Linux ganymed 2.4.25-powerpc #1 mer avr 14 15:38:38 CEST 2004 ppc
GNU/Linux

Date:
    Fri May 21 16:24:38 CEST 2004

Method:
    booting off CDrom (holding 'c' key)
    boot: expert

Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
    Apple G3 (blue+white? fancy plastic case with 4 "handles" --- no
expert :)

Processor:
    processor   : 0
    cpu         : 7400, altivec supported
    temperature         : 11-13 C (uncalibrated)
    clock               : 400MHz
    revision    : 2.9 (pvr 000c 0209)
    bogomips    : 796.26
    machine             : PowerMac3,1
    motherboard : PowerMac3,1 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh
    board revision      : 00000001
    detected as : 65 (PowerMac G4 AGP Graphics)
    pmac flags  : 00000004
    L2 cache    : 1024K unified
    memory              : 128MB
    pmac-generation     : NewWorld

Memory:
    128 MB

Root Device:
    /dev/hda (ide)

Root Size/partition table:  Feel free to paste the full partition
      table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.

    /dev/hda
            #                type name      length   base    ( size )
system
    /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple     63 @ 1       ( 31.5k)
Partition map
    /dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap   1600 @ 64      (800.0k)
NewWorld bootb
lock
    /dev/hda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap      250001 @ 1664    (122.1M) Linux
swap
    /dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 untitled 3906251 @ 251665  (  1.9G) Linux
native
    /dev/hda5      Apple_Free Extra   15908335 @ 4157916 (  7.6G) Free
space

/ on /dev/hda4


Output of lspci and lspci -n:

pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
    0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth AGP
    0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage
128 PF/PRO
 AGP 4x TMDS
    0000:10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth PCI
    0000:10:0d.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21154
(rev 05
)
    0000:11:03.0 Parallel controller: Timedia Technology Co Ltd: Unknown
device 
7268 (rev 01)
    0000:11:07.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev
02)
    0000:11:08.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
    0000:11:09.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
    0000:11:0a.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV23
IEEE-1394 Con
troller
    0000:21:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth Internal PCI
    0000:21:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC
(Sun GEM
) (rev 01)

pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
    0000:00:0b.0 Class 0600: 106b:0020
    0000:00:10.0 Class 0300: 1002:5046
    0000:10:0b.0 Class 0600: 106b:001f
    0000:10:0d.0 Class 0604: 1011:0026 (rev 05)
    0000:11:03.0 Class 0701: 1409:7268 (rev 01)
    0000:11:07.0 Class ff00: 106b:0022 (rev 02)
    0000:11:08.0 Class 0c03: 106b:0019
    0000:11:09.0 Class 0c03: 106b:0019
    0000:11:0a.0 Class 0c00: 104c:8019
    0000:21:0b.0 Class 0600: 106b:001e
    0000:21:0f.0 Class 0200: 106b:0021 (rev 01)

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:    [E]
Reboot:                 [O]

Comments/Problems:

(note: I started out with daily build of 20040520, but that has a
 completely broken partman ... ) 

It went quite smooth. 

1.  partman complained, that there is no valid NewWorld bootblock,
allthough
    I created part2 of 800k with the correct names. But at least it let
me
    continue.

2.  install yaboot failed, complaining there is no valid boot block.
    Poking around I found that it expects a 'hfs' formatted boot block.
    And after some investigation I found that the following would get it
done
    (from vc/2):
    # chroot /target sh
    # mount -t proc proc /proc
    # mkofboot
    # umount /proc
    # exit

    after that, the bootblock is fine and the installer is happy.
    so am I :-)


Great toy, this new debian installer! Thanks!

Cheers,
Erich







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