Re: New discussion: ppc64 installer -- ext2 /boot partition to keep yaboot happy.
I‘ll upload an updated ppc64 image with your template changes in about an hour.
Adrian
> On Oct 22, 2017, at 4:42 PM, Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de> wrote:
>
>> On 10/09/2017 05:44 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> On 10/09/2017 11:49 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>>> On 10/09/2017 11:27 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>>> Yep, that's about right. I will implement that later today. Thanks for pointing
>>>> me at that.
>>>
>>> I have patched partman-prep now [1]. Interestingly, it used to have ppc64
>>> support and it was removed [2].
>> Good news: With partman-prep enabled on ppc64 and after adding the hack to wipe
>> and find the PREP partition on powerpc and ppc64 in grub-installer [1], the
>> installation of GRUB on ppc64 works now out of the box on my POWER7 system \o/.
>> One can simply install GRUB on these systems now by choosing "Back" in the
>> yaboot-installer menu and then choosing to install GRUB.
>
> I today did a "normal" and an expert install with successful GRUB installation with the [installer ISO] from 2017-10-10 and can confirm that both also work on POWER5 systems, specifically on a 9131-52A.
>
> If anyone on the list has a POWER3, POWER4 or POWER6 system available, it would be interesting to see, if this works for these out of the box, too.
>
> [installer ISO]: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-9.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso
>
> If you are unable to boot your POWER5 system with this disc with similar messages than the following ones:
>
> ```
> Config file read, 1342 bytes
> Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux sid!
>
> This is a Debian installation CDROM,
> built on 20171012-17:54.
>
>
> Enter one of the following options to begin:
>
> install 64-bit processor (G5 or POWER3/4/5/6/7)
> install32 32-bit processor (G4 or earlier)
>
> Press TAB for a full list of options.
>
>
> If the system fails to boot with a white screen
> which doesn't go away, add 'video=ofonly'.
>
>
>
> Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.17
> Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
> boot: expert
> Please wait, loading kernel...
> Elf64 kernel loaded...
> Loading ramdisk...
> ERROR: claim of 0x100000 at 0x1f40000 failed
> Claim failed for initrd memory at 01f40000 rc=ffffffff
> ENTER called ok
> 0 >
> ```
>
> ...then try the following OF commands to wipe your NVRAM (you'll loose your configuration there, though) and retry:
>
> ```
> dev nvram
> wipe-nvram
> ```
>
> ...as per [1] and [2]. This made booting from the disc to work for me then.
>
> [1]: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/W51a7ffcf4dfd_4b40_9d82_446ebc23c550/page/Troubleshoot%20a%20claim%20failed%20for%20initrd%20error%20message
>
> [2]: https://oss.gonicus.de/openpower/index.php/Claim_failed_for_initrd_memory
>
> Cheers,
> Frank
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