Bug#250870: marked as done (oldworld powerpc sid install - no bootloader to select...)
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From: Holger Levsen <debian@layer-acht.de>
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Subject: oldworld powerpc sid install - no bootloader to select...
Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 16:47:52 +0200
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today, May 25th and on May, the 15th I installed sid with the oldworld=20
floppies. The URL was=20
http://people.debian.org/~luther/debian-installer/daily-powerpc-built/curre=
nt/powerpc-small/floppy/=20
on the 15th and is=20
http://people.debian.org/~luther/debian-installer/daily-powerpc-built/curre=
nt/dest/powerpc-small/floppy/
today?!
uname -a:=20
Date: 2004-05-25
Method: floppies with net-drivers.img with proxy using ftp.de.debian.org as=
=20
mirror and installing sid.
Machine: Power Macintosh 4400/200
Processor: 603ev
Memory: 48mb
Root Device: ide hd, 2,5gb
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda2 / ext3 defaults,errors=3Dremount-ro 0 =
1
/dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0
Root Size/partition table:=20
Output of lspci:
0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Bandit PowerPC host bridge (r=
ev=20
03)
0000:00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]=
=20
(rev 74)
0000:00:10.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. O'Hare I/O (rev 01)
0000:00:11.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 264VT [Mach64 =
VT]=20
(rev 40)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [E] boot-disk still fails to boot, used an old one=
=20
from Jeremie
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O] the options offered if the setup fails, are nic=
e.=20
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] see below
Reboot: [O]
[O] =3D OK, [E] =3D Error (please elaborate below), [ ] =3D didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
If i write the root.img on disk and compare the disk with the image I get a=
n=20
error, but the disk is ok:
dd if=3Droot.img of=3D/dev/fd0 bs=3D1024 conv=3Dsync ; sync ; cmp /dev/fd0 =
root.img
1378+1 records in
1379+0 records out
cmp: EOF on root.img
When prompted for proxy setup I mistyped "http:" with "http=D6" (german=20
O-umlaut), caused I was used to an english keyboard laylout from earlier d-=
i=20
versions. Typing "http=D6" causes the installer to freeze, where I rebooted.
The link from /boot/vmlinux-2.4.25-powerpc to /boot/vmlinux was correct tod=
ay,=20
but I didn't get asked whether I would like to install quik. Instead the=20
"normal" screen appeared: "no bootloader installed
either you decided that you don't want a bootloader or there is no one". I=
=20
thought Colin has comitted a quik-installer ?
After executing the "normal" steps to make the system bootable from=20
hard-discs:
=20
nvsetenv boot-device ata/ata-disk@0:0
nvsetenv boot-file "/boot/vmlinux"
nvsetenv output-device screen
nvsetenv input-device kbd
quikconfig
quik
the system booted ok and the installation finished.
regards,
Holger
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From: Holger Levsen <debian@layer-acht.org>
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Subject: Re: Bug#250870: about your Debian installation report
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Hi,
since the only remaining issue in this bugreport was "no-bootloader for=20
oldworld", which has been fixed about two month ago, I close this bug.
regards,
Holger
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