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Bug#332227: Unofficial Squeeze NetInst CDs: call for testers



Excerpts from Frank Fegert's message of Die Dez 14 19:34:12 +0100 2010:
> Hello,
> 
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 04:22:37AM +0100, Aurélien GÉRÔME wrote:
> > I just made 2 unofficial CDs available[1].  Each has a sha512sum
> > signed by my GPG key[2].
> > 
> > One includes yaboot_1.3.13a-1squeeze1 and the other one includes
> > yaboot_1.3.16-2.
> > 
> > Both include packages with needed PowerPC fixes for Squeeze:
> >   * linux-kernel-di-powerpc-2.6_1.74;
> >   * yaboot-installer_1.1.19;
> >   * os-prober_1.42;
> >   * rootskel_1.93.
> > 
> > Please test both of them and tell us about it.
> 
> i tried the unofficial-debian-squeeze-powerpc-netinst-1-yaboot-1.3.16.iso
> on a p550 Power6+ LPAR, Microcode 01EL350_085_038, dual VIOS. The
> install fails at "Install yaboot on a hard disk" with:
> 
>   [!!] Install yaboot on a hard disk
>   No bootstrap partition found
>   No hard disks were found which have an "Apple_Bootstrap" partition.
>   You must create an 819200-byte partition with type "Apple_Bootstrap".

Do you know if this error is a regression regarding the lenny
installer or the current official beta2 installer? If so we have to
investigate this and fix the bug before the packages enter testing.

But I suspect this nerver worked. See also Debian bugs #332227, #352914
and #350372. I guess this really needs someone with the right hardware
to dig in and solve the bugs or write the missing code for the
installer.

Gaudenz
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Try again. Fail again. Fail better.
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