Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: rc1 (http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/powerpc/rc1/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso) uname -a: Linux infopower 2.6.7-powerpc #1 Thu Aug 5 23:48:59 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux Date: 2004-08- Method: CD installation (booted from CD) Machine: Apple PowerMac (newworld) Processor: G4 (800MHz) Memory: 1.5GB Root Device: IDE, /dev/hda11 Root Size/partition table: # mac-fdisk -l /dev/hda # type name length base ( size ) system /dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map /dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap Apple_Bootstrap 1954 @ 1544 (977.0k) NewWorld bootblock /dev/hda3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 54 @ 64 ( 27.0k) Driver 4.3 /dev/hda4 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 74 @ 118 ( 37.0k) Driver 4.3 /dev/hda5 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 54 @ 192 ( 27.0k) Unknown /dev/hda6 Apple_Driver_ATA Macintosh 74 @ 246 ( 37.0k) Unknown /dev/hda7 Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 200 @ 320 (100.0k) Unknown /dev/hda8 Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 520 (256.0k) Unknown /dev/hda9 Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 1032 (256.0k) Unknown /dev/hda10 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 1072265 @ 119028981 (523.6M) Linux swap /dev/hda11 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 debian 119025483 @ 3498 ( 56.8G) Linux native /dev/hda12 Apple_HFS dummy 1954 @ 120101246 (977.0k) HFS hda2 is where ybin installes the bootloader. hda11 is mounted on /. hda10 is used as swap. hda12 is to prevent OSX (on hdb2) from offering to clobber hda. Output of lspci and lspci -n: $ lspci 0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 AGP 0000:00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 MX 420] (rev a3) 0001:01:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 PCI 0001:01:12.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-7850 (rev 03) 0001:01:17.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0001:01:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB 0002:02:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 Internal PCI 0002:02:0e.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Lucent Microelectronics FW323 0002:02:0f.0 Ethernet controller: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev 01) $ lspci -n 0000:00:0b.0 0600: 106b:002d 0000:00:10.0 0300: 10de:0172 (rev a3) 0001:01:0b.0 0600: 106b:002e 0001:01:12.0 0100: 9004:5078 (rev 03) 0001:01:17.0 ff00: 106b:0022 (rev 03) 0001:01:18.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0001:01:19.0 0c03: 106b:0019 0002:02:0b.0 0600: 106b:002f 0002:02:0e.0 0c00: 11c1:5811 0002:02:0f.0 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: [E] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: The hardware designers for this machine neglected to build an eject button for the cdrom. I had to boot OSX in order to open the cd tray and insert the installer cd. =p (not much debian can do about that!) The only major issue I encountered revolved around the aic7xxx module. When the installer tried to load it, the kernel would partially crash. After that no more modules could be loaded. Likewise when 'discover' and 'hotplug' tried to load that module during bootup. I simply used expert mode to tell the installer not to load that module, addit it to hotplug's blacklist, and removed discover. (IMO discover isn't terribly useful after installation because the hardware will almost never change, and hotplug will/should detect and load modules as needed) The SCSI controller has no drives attached to it. I wonder if that is why the aic7xxx module fails to work. A friend of mine is running debian with his root partition on a SCSI disk using the aic7xxx module. The installer's partitioning GUI is rather decent. It would be nice if it could create HFS partitions as well (see hda12 above). I liked seeing parted included in the installer. I needed it when I went back to create the HFS partition so OSX would stop desiring to obliterate debian. mac-fdisk ought to not let the user create an invalid partition, or at least issue a warning. The first time I created hda12 it was 500KB. I had to go back and increase it becase an HFS filesystem can't be smaller than 800KB. Also, mac-fdisk ought to present the user with some information about known fs type labels. I spent a while experimenting before I discovered that 'Apple-HFS' is the correct name, not 'hfs', 'HFS', or 'hfs+'. I am quite happy with the progress of the installer and don't consider any of the above issues (perhaps apart from the kernel/driver issue) to be critical. -D -- \begin{humor} Disclaimer: If I receive a message from you, you are agreeing that: 1. I am by definition, "the intended recipient" 2. All information in the email is mine to do with as I see fit and make such financial profit, political mileage, or good joke as it lends itself to. 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