Re: netinst ppc64 2022-03-24 fails to install GRUB boot loader
On 3/28/22 01:59, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hello!
On 3/28/22 00:14, Dennis Clarke wrote:
I just the normal process of booting the netinst DVD image and used
the default NOT-expert menu option. I see the usual message :
Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda3
Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda3' failed.
This is a fatal error.
I used netcat to fetch the syslog and partman files from /var/log
and attach them here.
Looks like the HFS boot partition was never formatted :
Did you actually verify that by checking whether there was an HFS filesystem
created and mounted to /target/boot/grub after the partitioning step?
Let me try again. I am just as baffled. This usually is a slam dunk
trivial process. Really we have been through all of this over and over
and over and we are way past the HFS tools issues from last year.
I checked the ppc64 image, it contains the necessary packages and I don't see
a reason why the installation shouldn't work unless the HFS partition was
intentionally removed. But in that case, the installer should warn you.
Well, now is a good time for me to fire up the machine and give it
another try. However I will use a shell to dd nuke the sda and sdb
disks such that the partition step sees fresh unformatted disks.
I don't see a reason at the moment why your particular problem should occur.
Me neither :\
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Dennis Clarke
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