Re: Call for testers: new yaboot package release - report installation PowerMac G5
Em 30Set2010 (quinta), Tiresia Giuno <tiresiag@googlemail.com> disse:
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> On Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:56:49 +0200
> Benjamin Cama <benoar@free.fr> wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > So, yaboot in debian is currently suffering from a lot of problems,
> > and until now we were only talking about it. Here is some code to
> > test it, now to really see what's still causing problems and what's
> > solved.
> >
> > Here is the (temporary) place where you can find it :
> > http://benoar.fdn.fr/yaboot/
> >
> > It contains a .deb and the git repository I used to build it
> > (beware, there's a lot of cruft in it caused by my experiments with
> > git and debian packaging; I lack experience in both). It basically
> > an up-to-date yaboot (1.3.16) + debian modifications from 1.3.13a
> > (some were already integrated upstream) + Rogério Brito's debian
> > packaging enhancements + some patches (namely Rick Thomas' quotes
> > and spaces fix for latest linux-base, and the no /proc/ide fix
> > (which IMHO fixes nothing interesting, but still)) + fixes of mine
> > (mainly debian packaging).
> >
> > Everything should be "nicely" commited, and there's a separate
> > branch with fixes but no debian stuff for upstream to pick up from
> > (debian-yaboot) which was forked from repository's 1.3.13 (you'll
> > see tags to get from here to the debian-1.3.13a version, then to
> > this most recent debian-yaboot). The branch containing the full
> > package stuff is debian-yaboot-packaging (yes, nothing standard)
> > and master is actually the upstream (from ozlabs). And I forgot to
> > merge the debian-yaboot-with-doc branch which contains the HTML
> > documentation, please excuse me for that, it will be in the next
> > one.
> >
> > If you want to build it yourself :
> > git-buildpackage --git-upstream-branch=master \
> > --git-debian-branch=debian-yaboot-packaging
> >
> > Still, I may have done some mistakes, and need advices on packaging
> > (I tried to listen to lintian as much as possible).
> >
> > Please test it and report bugs/suggestions on this ML.
> >
> > Message to Aurélien: it would be nice if you could comment on this
> > and help getting yaboot updated. Uploading that without you would be
> > painfull, please answer to this email.
> >
> > Regards,
> > benjamin
> >
> >
> Hi everyone,
>
> and thanks a lot to Benjam for his work!
>
> I downloaded and installed the file yaboot_1.3.16-1.1_powerpc.deb from
> the link you submitted. I have a PowerMac G5 Dual 2.3 GHz (late 2005)
> running Debian Lenny and MacOSX 10.5
>
> I let just the package installer installing yaboot. After that I ran
> ofpath and it detected correctly my two SATA Drivers.
>
> After that I ran yabootconfig. It creates a yaboot.conf but it stops
> immediately without running mkofboot. Last massage:
> 'yabootconfig: yaboot is not installed correctly, not running
> mkofboot'
>
same here!
> Checking the generated yaboot.conf shows that it fails to detect the
> old kernel (no image=/boot/vmlinux.old section) and the MacOSX system.
>
the newly generated yaboot.conf uses the old terminology:
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cat /etc/yaboot.conf
## yaboot.conf generated by yabootconfig 1.0.8
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you
have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
## ## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
boot=/dev/hda6
device=/pci@80000000/mac-io@10/ide@20000/disk@0:
partition=7
root=/dev/hda9
timeout=30
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
image=/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/initrd.img
initrd-size=8192
azul:~# ybin -v
ybin: Finding OpenFirmware device path to `/dev/hda6'...
ybin: Installing first stage bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
onto /dev/hda6... ybin: Installing primary
bootstrap /usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot onto /dev/hda6... ybin:
Installing /etc/yaboot.conf onto /dev/hda6... ybin: Setting attributes
on ofboot... ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot...
ybin: Setting attributes on yaboot.conf...
ybin: Blessing /dev/hda6 with Holy Penguin Pee...
ybin: Updating OpenFirmware boot-device variable in nvram...
azul:~#
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> Then I ran 'ybin -v' that installed correctly the new generated
> yaboot.conf. As expected, the first yaboot prompt doesn't show any
> x option (for MacOSX)
>
> I resumed my old yaboot.conf running again 'ybin -v' - which worked
> correctly.
>
ok!
> Ok, I think it's all. Let me know, if I can help further
>
> Regards,
> tiresia
>
> I would like also to try to build myself an installer with this new
> patched yaboot - not sure that I have enough time right now...
>
>
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