Re: Tests on new 2019-04-09 image on PPC64

[Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>]

On 4/10/19 7:45 AM, aggaz wrote:
> Following the attempts previously done [1], an expert install was
> performed using the new 2019-04-09 images on a PowerMac11,2.
>
> This time everything was kept as default except that:
> 1. the network-console component was manually added to be able to
> install by SSH;
> 2. the windfarm module was manually loaded by "modprobe -v windfarm_core";

The fans all roar. However given that this is during installation should
anyone care?


> 3. permissions for mkhfs-bootstrap.sh were changed to be able to run the
> script (chmod 755 /usr/lib/grub-installer/mkhfs-bootstrap.sh)

Not sure why this is needed.

> 4. the usual debian-ports mirrors were manually added as already
> described in [1].
>
> Guided partitioning for the whole disk was used which gave the following
> partition table:
>
> SCSI4 (0,0,0) (sdc) - 163.9 GB ATA Maxtor 6L160M0
> #1     32.3 kB                    Apple
> #2     20.0 MB  B  K  boot        untitled
> #3    160.4 GB     f  ext4        untitled      /
> #4      3.6 GB     f  swap        swap          swap
>         512.0 B        FREE SPACE
>
> After changing the permissions of mkhfs-bootstrap.sh GRUB was properly
> installed. During GRUB's installation I was asked by the installer:
> "Force GRUB installation to the EFI removable media path?"
> I was unsure about what to reply and I kept the default "NO".

OKay .. so the script you chmod'ed above was merely not executable and
that is what borks the GRUB phase. So that is a minor tweak to the
installer.

> Installation was correctly finished and after reboot I had grub showing up.
> Newly installed system was booted but not correctly.
> Systemd waited a while for "a start job is running for /dev/sdc2" (the
> partition where GRUB was installed).
> Then I saw:
> [DEPEND] Dependency failed for File System Check on /dev/sdc2.
> [DEPEND] Dependency failed for /boot/grub.
> [DEPEND] Dependency failed for Local File Syestem.
>
> After that I find myself in an "emergency mode" with a "Give root
> password for maintenance" message.
>
> I wanted to see my partitions, but it seems that the "mac-fdisk" command
> is not installed.
> I installed it by apt and saw that the partition table was as expected.
> Then I installed "hfsutils" package and rebooted.
>
> After reboot I had the same issues.
>
> In conclusion, it seems that it is possible to install GRUB with the new
> scripts, but something is still missing for actually using it.

Glad you made better progress than I.

Dennis