Bug#260708: PowerMac G3 (beige) sarge d-i (20 July 2004) Installation Report installing quik
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: sarge-powerpc-netinst.iso 20July2004
uname -a: powerpc_2.6.7
Date: 21 July 2004 circa 7pm BST
Method: Installed BootX 1.2.2 from http://penguinppc.org/projects/bootx/
copied 2.6 initrd.gz and vmlinuz from d-i CD to "Linux Kernels" in the
MacOS System Folder
Configured Bootx to boot from the RamDisk (initrd.gz in the System
Folder)
Proxied=No
Machine: PowerMac G3 Beige (old world)
Processor: 266MHz Processor
Memory: 96Mb
Root Device: IDE: ATA Disk QUANTUM FIREBALL SE4.3A 4Gb
Root Size/partition table:
Output of lspci:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] (rev 40)
0000:00:10.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Heathrow Mac I/O (rev 01)
0000:00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro
215GP (rev 5c)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O] had to select "bmac" manually
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: [ ] No boot loader installed - see comment below
Reboot: [E] Unbootable
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
>From the "Choose Language" screen onwards, the dialog boxes look strange
- broken edge on RH side and where selections are highlighted the first
letter is duplicated. On configuring Hostname the "d" in debian
wouldn't erase and so I got "dHostname". I noticed during the install
(on tty3) "hostname lookup failure for Exim4-config" this may be
irrelevant but as I didn't have a bootable system at the end, I
couldn't check /etc/hostname.
During "Installing base system" I got the main Debian Installer
dialogue box with "Install quik on Hard Disk" highlighted. Pressing
enter results in the dialogue box disappearing momentarily and then
reappearing - this a continuous loop. I eventually proceeded without
a boot loader after receiving "Boot loader not installed" and as the
system won't boot, I guess that's right ;)
Regards
Clive
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