reassign 481844 installation-guide-powerpc
retitle 481844 Document disklabel type to use for various subarches and why
severity 481844 minor
tag 481844 help
thanks
> The supplied logs are with manual partitioning the disk,
> it seems that it is not sufficient with only a NewWorld
> boot partition (Apple_Bootloader). Actually the error
> was choosing "msdos" when partitioning the entire disk,
> instead "mac" should have been selected. The partition
> table (I suppose) was missing from the disk, which
> seems to be needed.
>
> It does not state this anywhere, it just says that you
> need to have a NewWorld boot partition. It would be
> a good thing to put in Appendix C of the installation
> manual for PowerPC.
As already mentioned on IRC, the basic error here was to deviate from the
default disklabel type offered by the installer. There's a good reason
expert mode is called "expert": it presumes you know what you're doing.
Although this is user error, I have no problem with documenting the correct
partition types to use for various powerpc systems in the installation
guide. However, since that is a nice mess (see below), this should be done
by someone more familiar with the port than I am. Patches welcome!
partman-partitioning/lib/disk-label.sh lists the following default
disklabels (as per the D-I Lenny Beta 2 release):
powerpc)
case "$sub" in
apus)
echo amiga;;
amiga)
echo amiga;;
chrp)
echo msdos;;
chrp_rs6k|chrp_ibm)
echo msdos;;
chrp_pegasos)
echo amiga;;
pasemi)
echo msdos;;
prep)
echo msdos;;
powermac_newworld)
echo mac;;
powermac_oldworld)
echo mac;;
ps3)
echo msdos;;
cell)
echo msdos;;
*)
echo UNKNOWN;;
esac;;
Not that some of these subarches are not actually supported anymore.
Cheers,
FJP
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