On 11/02/2017 12:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Nov 1, 2017, at 3:50 AM, Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de> wrote:@Rick: I've also attached compressed versions of `grub-installer` and `debian/postinst` - the latter already renamed so it can be used as is in a Debian installation with Adrian's image from 2017-10-23 22:40h ([1]) after decompression.Thanks, Frank! I should be able to give it a thorough workout on Saturday or Sunday. Let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like me to test — I’ll see if I can get a non-expert mode install to work and report on whether it asks for the HFS partition name.
Thanks, Rick! I cannot think of anything specific at this stage, but in case of errors, the parts related to the GRUB installation in the installation log (console #4 or `/var/log/syslog` IIC) would be helpful. That part should start with:
``` [...] INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected ``` ...my modifications in the `grub-installer` script should start with: ``` [...] grub-installer: info: ppc64/powermac_newworld selected. ```With d-i/partman-newworld in place it could be that the yaboot installation will also just run through without asking prior to the GRUB installation, because of:
from [1]
```
if [ "$ARCH" = powerpc/powermac_newworld ] && \
db_get partman-newworld/boot_partitions && [ "$RET" ]; then
[...]
info "partman-supplied bootstrap partitions: $PARTITIONS"
info "partman-supplied default bootstrap partition: $DEFAULT"
if [ "$PARTITIONS" ] && [ "$DEFAULT" = "$PARTITIONS" ]; then
# We have explicit information from partman-newworld that only one
# bootstrap partition is available, so it's safe to bypass this
# question.
bootdev_priority=medium
fi
fi
```
...which is also used in the `grub-installer` script now in
nw_select_offs_part().
But that should hopefully not hurt, as the HFS partition will be reformatted at the beginning of the GRUB installation. I only don't know when there is a good time to "patch" the d-i/grub-installer files, maybe during the partitioning part, because the installer has to wait for user input then.
[1]: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/d-i/yaboot-installer.git/tree/debian/postinst#n96
Cheers, Frank