Bug#272411: installation-reports: Installation Report: Revision C iMac
Package: installation-reports
Severity: normal
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/20040917/sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux ophelia 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Tue Sep 14 00:15:52 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux
Date: Sun Sep 19 22:21:53 BST 2004
Method: CDROM then ftp.uk.debian.org
Machine: iMac revision C
Processor: 266MHz G3
Memory: 96MB
Root Device:
Root Size/partition table:
ophelia:/home/peter# mount
/dev/hda3 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
ophelia:/home/peter# df -hT
Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3 ext3 5.6G 269M 5.1G 5% /
tmpfs tmpfs 47M 0 47M 0% /dev/shm
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
ophelia:/home/peter# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] (rev 40)
0000:00:10.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Paddington Mac I/O
0000:00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
0000:00:14.0 USB Controller: OPTi Inc. 82C861 (rev 10)
ophelia:/home/peter# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1057:0002 (rev 40)
0000:00:10.0 ff00: 106b:0017
0000:00:12.0 0300: 1002:4750 (rev 5c)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [E]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
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: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
NIC wasn't automatically detected. This machine has a NIC that's driven
by the bmac module.
During the partitioning phase, I was informed that I didn't have and
that I would require a New World boot partition, but I was given no
tools with which to create one. It turns out that this is a function of
mac-fdisk, to which there appears to be no interface in the installer.
Ultimately, the only method of creating this special partition is to
drop to a console and run mac-fdisk manually.
Other than that, plain sailing.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_GB, LC_CTYPE=en_GB
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