Bug#388085: installation on Apple G5

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 03:43:06PM +0200, EXTERNAL Brodkorb Waldemar (Tarent; AA-DG/ESW1) wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> 
> Boot method: mini.iso
> Image version: 2006-08-07
> Date: 2006-09-18
> Machine: Apple PowerMac G5 
> Processor: ppc64
> Memory: 2 GB
> Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
> 
> Output of lspci and lspci -n:
> 
> Base System Installation Checklist:
> [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
> 
> Initial boot worked:    [x]
> Configure network HW:   [x]
> Config network:         [x]
> Detect CD:              [x]
> Load installer modules: [x]
> Detect hard drives:     [x]
> Partition hard drives:  [E]
> Create file systems:    [x]
> Mount partitions:       [x]
> Install base system:    [x]
> Install boot loader:    [x]
> Reboot:                 [x]
> 
> Comments/Problems:
> 
> The partition manager did not recognized my MacOS X partition table.
> I installed MacOS X on a 20 GB partition before I started the Debian
> installation.
> So a dual-boot is not supported at the moment, if you already have MacOS
> X installed.

hi,

Well, it used to work, so i, as well as the parted team i guess, really would
like to know more about your mac-os-x parttition table, what mac-os-x version
you are using, and how you did partition your disk.

If you could provide us with a dump of the partition table part of the disk
(dd if=/dev/hda of=/tmp/file bs=1K count=1024 for example), so we can look at
it and investigate would be nice.

Friendly,

Sven Luther