Re: showstopper for debian-7.1.0-powerpc-netinst.iso on POWER5 (p505) and iscsi disk
Hello Michael,
On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 03:44:01AM +0800, Michael Felt wrote:
> [...]
>
> ??????????????? [!!] 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". ???
> ?????? ???
> ?????? <Go Back> <Continue> ???
> ?????? ???
> ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
>
> I had chosen the option "whole disk" - all in one - recommended for new,
> and it created two partitions only (#2 ext4, and #5 swap).
>
> Is my assumption correct that I will need to use manual and create an
> additional partition named "Apple_Bootstrap" _(for now at least) - and if
> so, is there a preferred disk partition # to be used?
>
> Thanks for the feedback.
>
> p.s. a pointer to the bugs site is also welcome and I'll report and feed
> the bug report.
do you per chance have the d-i ISO image mounted via a VTOPT device
from e.g. a underlying VIO server? If so, please take a look at:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352914
starting at Message #194. Or the mailing list archive here:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2013/02/msg00023.html
In my case it turned out the installer did everything fine WRT the
partition layout, but the "find-partitions" command used to detect
the "Apple_Bootstrap" partition stumbled upon the ISO image mounted
via a VTOPT from the VIO server. See here for a full writeup of the
whole ordeal:
http://www.bityard.org/blog/2013/02/17/debian_wheezy_on_ibm_power
According to the latest update in the bug report this issue should
be fixed in more recent versions of the d-i. Didn't test this with
the new versions though ...
HTH & best regards,
Frank Fegert
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