Package: installation-reports powerpc boot-floppy 20040906 OldWorld PowerMac
INSTALL REPORT Debian-installer-version: <Fill in date and from where you got the image> I got the floppy disk images from: Index of /~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc/floppy-2.4 Name Last modified Size Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Parent Directory 26-Aug-2004 21:35 - asian-root.img 06-Sep-2004 22:38 1.2M boot.img 06-Sep-2004 22:38 1.4M cd-drivers.img 06-Sep-2004 22:39 1.4M net-drivers.img 06-Sep-2004 22:39 1.4M ofonlyboot.img 06-Sep-2004 22:39 1.4M root-2.img 06-Sep-2004 22:41 1.4M root.img 06-Sep-2004 22:42 1.3M ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apache/1.3.26 Server at people.debian.org Port 80 uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt> Linux debian 2.6.7-powerpc #1 Thu Aug 5 23:48:59 CEST 2004 ppc GNU/Linux Date: <Date and time of the install> 4 AM (UTC) 2004-09-07 Method: How did you install? boot/root/driver floppies with an assist from the uchicago mirror What did you boot off? boot floppy If network install, from where? debian.uchicago.edu Proxied? No Machine: <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)> PowerMac G3/300 MHz Processor: processor : 0 cpu : 740/750 temperature : 36-41 C (uncalibrated) clock : 300MHz revision : 2.2 (pvr 0008 0202) bogomips : 601.29 machine : Power Macintosh motherboard : AAPL,Gossamer MacRISC detected as : 48 (PowerMac G3 (Gossamer)) pmac flags : 00000000 L2 cache : 1024K unified pipelined-syncro-burst memory : 384MB pmac-generation : OldWorld Memory: 384 MB Root Device: <IDE? SCSI? Name of device?> Didn't get that far Root Size/partition table: Feel free to paste the full partition table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where. Output of lspci and lspci -n: 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Motorola MPC106 [Grackle] (rev 40) 0000:00:0d.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10) 0000:00:0e.0 SCSI storage controller: Artop Electronic Corp ATP865 (rev 06) 0000:00:0f.0 PCI bridge: Hint Corp HB6 Universal PCI-PCI bridge (non-transparent mode) (rev 13) 0000:00:10.0 ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Heathrow Mac I/O (rev 01) 0000:00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] (rev 9a) 0000:01:08.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) 0000:01:08.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) 0000:01:08.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02) 0000:01:0b.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB12LV26 IEEE-1394 Controller (Link) 0000:00:00.0 0600: 1057:0002 (rev 40) 0000:00:0d.0 0200: 1186:1300 (rev 10) 0000:00:0e.0 0100: 1191:0009 (rev 06) 0000:00:0f.0 0604: 3388:0021 (rev 13) 0000:00:10.0 ff00: 106b:0010 (rev 01) 0000:00:12.0 0300: 1002:4754 (rev 9a) 0000:01:08.0 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 41) 0000:01:08.1 0c03: 1033:0035 (rev 41) 0000:01:08.2 0c03: 1033:00e0 (rev 02) 0000:01:0b.0 0c00: 104c:8020 Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [?] Note 1 Configure network HW: [o] Config network: [o] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [o] Detect hard drives: [e] Note 2 Partition hard drives: [?] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install.> Note 1: The "ofonlyboot" floppy booted and gave me the "tuxmac" icon in the middle of the screen. After the floppy noises stopped, the screen inverted colors, but did not switch to text mode. The ofonly boot floppy ejected. Normally, at this point it's calling for the root floppy, so I gave it the root floppy and hit <return>. As expected, it read the root floppy, but the text screen never appeared -- just the inverted color tuxmac. So it was impossible to proceed further with the "ofonlyboot" experiment. Then I tried the "boot" floppy. It gave me the tuxmac and made reading noises. After a while it ejected the boot floppy and switched to a text mode screen at (I think) 640x480 resolution. This is good enough for installing -- but not satisfactory for long term usage. It called for the root floppy, so I fed it that, which it read happily. After reading the root floppy and asking me some questions about languages and locations, it asked if I wanted to read a driver floppy. I said yes and fed it the "root-2" floppy. My choice of "root-2" at this point was based on a hunch. There was no indication of which driver floppy it was expecting (Indeed, it was not clear at all that "root-2" was a "driver" floppy. My hunch was that it would be needed immediately and that the easiest way to add files to the ram-disk root was to emulate a driver floppy.) It would be better to out-and-out say "root-2" if that's what is wanted. It then tried to detect my network interface and failed, so it asked for the network drivers floppy, which I gave it. This time it succeeded in finding my network interface and configured it via DHCP (I would have preferred the option to do this manually, but there is no way to specify "DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium" in booting an oldworld pmac machine from floppy.) It asked for a mirror, and I specified the uchicago one since it seems to be fastest and most reliable from my little corner of the Internet. Note 2: Things proceeded more or less as expected until it came time to partition the disk. The partitioner could not find any disks to partition! Switching to the F2 console and poking about, it became clear that this was *not* just a problem with the partitioner -- the only ide device present, as far as the kernel was concerned, was the CD-ROM drive. My IDE disk was nowhere to be found! There was no "/dev/discs" directory, and there was just the CD-ROM drive in the /proc/ide directory. Very strange! Final note: Throughout this process, except for once when it asked for the "root" floppy, it never ejected the previous floppy. On a Mac, this means I have to manually eject the floppy with a bent paperclip. Mac floppy drives do not have an "eject" button the way PC floppy drives do. This is annoying to experienced folks, and will be confusing to inexperienced users. Question in parting: It never asked for the CD-drivers floppy. Should it have? Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. 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