Bug#231627: marked as done (Should check for existence of boot partition)
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INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: Beta 2 from http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
uname -a: Linux tanya 2.4.24-ben1 #11 Sat Jan 31 17:17:20 EST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux
Date: Feb 1, 2004
Method: Boot from CD
Machine: Apple PowerBook III
Processor: PowerPC G4 800 MHz
Memory: 512 MB
Root Device:
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_Free 262144 @ 64
(128.0M) Free space
/dev/hda3 Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_6 55541760 @ 262208 (
26.5G) HFS
/dev/hda4 Apple_Boot eXternal booter 17408 @ 55803968 (
8.5M) Unknown
/dev/hda5 Apple_UFS Apple_UFS_Untitled_7 10468352 @ 55821376 (
5.0G) Unknown
/dev/hda6 Apple_Boot eXternal booter 17408 @ 66289728 (
8.5M) Unknown
/dev/hda7 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap 1600 @ 66307136
(800.0k) NewWorld bootblock
/dev/hda8 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 1048576 @ 66308736
(512.0M) Linux swap
/dev/hda9 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 p 10782848 @ 67357312 (
5.1G) Linux native
/dev/hda3 = Mac OS X
/dev/hda5 = Mac OS X
/dev/hda8 = swap
/dev/hda9 = /
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=78140160
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Output of lspci:
00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 AGP
00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW
[Radeon Mobility 7500]
10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 PCI
10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03)
10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
10:1a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller
(rev 02)
24:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 Internal PCI
24:0e.0 Class ffff: Lucent Microelectronics FW323 (rev ff)
24:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01)
Base System Installation Checklist:
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]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
- Install of yaboot: Failed initially because I forgot to create the bootloader
partition when I partitioned my drive. The installer informed me of the problem,
so I stepped back and fixed the partition table. Then the installer was "smart"
so it skipped the formatting and installing, installed the boot loader and
rebooted. Of course, this failed because the partitions were all screwed.
The installer needs to:
a) Warn the user if they did not create a bootloader partition
b) If they go back and modify the partition table, they probably should
reformat and reinstall the file system.
- MD5 passwords are enabled, but when the installer prompts for the root account
password and the user account password, they are stored as old school crypt
passwords. This is bad. I had to change my passwords to something else, then
back to what I wanted them to be to get MD5 passwords.
- Mac OS X sets the hardware clock to GMT, but Debian defaults to NOT set to GMT
(which makes sense for PCs). This should be changed for the PPC installer
(possible?)
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Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 02:02:16 +0100
From: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: Install Report
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On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 05:18:04PM -0500, ejones@engmail.uwaterloo.ca wrote:
> - Install of yaboot: Failed initially because I forgot to create the
> bootloader partition when I partitioned my drive. The installer
> informed me of the problem, so I stepped back and fixed the partition
> table. Then the installer was "smart" so it skipped the formatting and
> installing, installed the boot loader and rebooted. Of course, this
> failed because the partitions were all screwed.
>
> The installer needs to:
> a) Warn the user if they did not create a bootloader partition
> b) If they go back and modify the partition table, they probably
> should reformat and reinstall the file system.
Current builds of the installer now use a different partitioning program
on powerpc, which does warn the user about a missing bootstrap partition
at partitioning time. It was a bit broken in beta4, but as of tomorrow's
sid_d-i CD image builds it should work fine.
Thanks for your report,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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