Re: Debian Sid PPC64 / IBM pSeries 550 --- Bootloaders don't work after succesful install
On Wed, Nov 04, 2020 at 02:48:03PM +0000, Deinsti Suski wrote:
> Hello Len
>
> 1; Yes, we are using the MBR Partition table
> 2; the PreP partition is 8MB and has the Boot flag set to on
> 3; Debian is running on bare-metal, no hypervisor involved
> 3; Correct, the installer boots with no issues at all and it's only after
> the reboot when try to boot the installation from the HDD that both
> bootloaders just stall/fail
> 4; We are using a 1GB USB Memory stick as the installation media
> 5; we are using the Debian 10 SID NETINST for PPC64 dated 2020-05-30, the
> reason we're not using the latest snapshot is because the latest one
> (2020-10-13) fails with 'missing-firmware /dev/.udev missing firmware' and
> the installation media fails to mount
>
> If you need any more information don't hesitate to ask
Well you are doing everything I remember doing (although at the time I
was using powerpc not ppc64 but I doubt that matters), and I used a CD,
not USB to boot. No idea if that makes any difference. Hopefully it
isn't confused by which disk is sda vs sdb due to the usb stick.
I had successful installs in the past (but probably 5 or 6 years ago now)
on p520 (power6) and p710 (power7) hardware both booting from CD.
--
Len Sorensen
Reply to: