Well, I tried the install again. ANd made a small change. The previous attempt was using a logical volume as the data area exported to the partition as hdisk0. I'll repeat that later - as a test. However, when installing to an iscsi disk (exported via vscsi to client, so iscsi mounted by the VIOS - I do this regularly for AIX installs). I get a disk partiton proposal that I expect:
+-------------------------¦ [!] Partition disks +-------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Selected for partitioning: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SCSI1 (0,1,0) (sda) - AIX VDASD: 12.9 GB ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ The disk can be partitioned using one of several different schemes. ¦ ¦ If you are unsure, choose the first one. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Partitioning scheme: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ All files in one partition (recommended for new users) ¦ ¦ Separate /home partition ¦ ¦ Separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ <Go Back> ¦ ¦ ¦ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ This is with an iscsi disk being presented via vscsi interface +------------------------¦ [!!] Partition disks +-------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and mount ¦ ¦ points. Select a partition to modify its settings (file system, mount ¦ ¦ point, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to ¦ ¦ initialize its partition table. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Configure the Logical Volume Manager ¦ ¦ Configure encrypted volumes ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SCSI1 (0,1,0) (sda) - 12.9 GB AIX VDASD ¦ ¦ ¦ > #1 primary 7.3 MB B K ¦ ¦ ¦ > #2 primary 12.3 GB f ext4 / ¦ ¦ ¦ > #5 logical 591.4 MB f swap swap ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Undo changes to partitions ¦ ¦ Finish partitioning and write changes to disk ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ <Go Back> ¦ ¦ ¦ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ But, in the end, install fails - no recognizable boot partition. However, when studying what was made - the partitioner seems to know what is about: +------------------------¦ [!!] Partition disks +-------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ You are editing partition #1 of SCSI1 (0,1,0) (sda). No existing file ¦ ¦ system was detected in this partition. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Partition settings: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Use as: PowerPC PReP boot partition ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Bootable flag: on ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Copy data from another partition ¦ ¦ Erase data on this partition ¦ ¦ Delete the partition ¦ ¦ Done setting up the partition ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ <Go Back> ¦ ¦ ¦ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ So, is this a bug - in what, and if so, where do I submit my findings? regards, Michael On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Michael Felt <mamf...@gmail.com> wrote: > forgot reply all... > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "Lennart Sorensen" <lsore...@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> > Date: Aug 7, 2013 10:40 PM > Subject: Re: showstopper for debian-7.1.0-powerpc-netinst.iso on POWER5 > (p505) and iscsi disk > To: "Michael Felt" <mamf...@gmail.com> > Cc: <debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org> > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 03:44:01AM +0800, Michael Felt wrote: > > Last march I started a thread - that with help - resolved the problem of > > installing from > > debian-6.0.7-powerpc-netinst.iso - and installed on a p505. downloading > the > > new yaboot as part of the install (thanks to Lennart Sorensen for the > > hints/instructions that got me going) and I could install and boot! > > > > However, today I tried the debian-7.1.0-powerpc-netinst.iso and this is > > not successful - "out of the box". > > > > 1) entering "install" at the boot prompt brought me right back to the > boot > > prompt, just pressing enter worked much better. > > > > 2) show stopper for an install on IBM POWER (p505) using vscsi for > hdisk0. > > And again the "winner" is yaboot. > > > > ┌────────────────┤ [!!] Install yaboot on a hard disk > ├─────────────────┐ > > ┌│ > │ > > ││ No bootstrap partition found > │ > > ││ No hard disks were found which have an "Apple_Bootstrap" partition. > │ > > ││ You must create an 819200-byte partition with type > "Apple_Bootstrap". │ > > ││ > │ > > ││ <Go Back> <Continue> > │ > > └│ > │ > > > └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ > > > > I had chosen the option "whole disk" - all in one - recommended for new, > > and it created two partitions only (#2 ext4, and #5 swap). > > > > Is my assumption correct that I will need to use manual and create an > > additional partition named "Apple_Bootstrap" _(for now at least) - and if > > so, is there a preferred disk partition # to be used? > > > > Thanks for the feedback. > > > > p.s. a pointer to the bugs site is also welcome and I'll report and feed > > the bug report. > > I don't think your IBM box needs an Apple_Bootstrap partition, but I might > be remembering wrong given after trying to deal with yaboot, I switched > to grub and had enough email exchanges with the grub develoeprs to get > grub2 working on the IBM boxes with software RAID. I really like that > setup much better. > > We currently have both a p520 and a p710 booting of software raid > with grub2. > > -- > Len Sorensen >
