Re: Bug#463765: debian-installer: Installer offers to install "grub" bootloader on PowerPC. Why?
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:58:16PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Package: debian-installer
> Severity: normal
>
> Using this "businesscard" install disk:
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> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/sid_d-i/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/
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> Daily build #2 for powerpc, using installer build from sid
> These images will install the testing version of Debian, currently Lenny.
> See the top-level daily directory for more information about the daily builds.
> This build finished at Fri Feb 1 21:27:24 UTC 2008.
> Name Last modified Size
>
> Parent Directory -
> MD5SUMS 01-Feb-2008 22:27 143
> SHA1SUMS 01-Feb-2008 22:27 159
> debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso 01-Feb-2008 22:25 59M
> debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso.zsync 01-Feb-2008 22:27 207K
> debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso 01-Feb-2008 22:27 181M
> debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso.zsync 01-Feb-2008 22:27 316K
>
> Apache/2.2.6 (Unix) Server at cdimage.debian.org Port 80
>
> It was a nominal installation until it came time to write a boot loader. It presented me with a top-level installer menu, with "Install GRUB boot loader" hilighted.
>
> Since GRUB is for x86, not PowerPC, this was odd. I hit <enter> and it immediately returned to the same menu with "GRUB" still hilighted, apparently having done
> nothing useful.
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> I then skipped the "GRUB" menu item and told it to install YABOOT (the next item on the menu), and all proceeded as expected from there.
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> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
> APT prefers testing
> APT policy: (500, 'testing')
> Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
>
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-powerpc
> Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Grub does exist for powerpc, grub2
http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/grub2.html but as that page says it has
an unsatisfiable dependency right now for powerpc so its broken. Has
there been any progress on this since:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2007/10/msg00057.html
? I would still like to use it on my powerpcs. Thanks very much.
Nick Schmalenberger
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