On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 05:28:56PM +0200, Frederic Bonnard wrote: >Hi, >I managed to run the 2-step process (debian-cd_info.tar.gz creation >+ debian-cd netinst iso build) and found the issue is in the grub prefix set up >when grub-mkimage is done.
Aha! >diff --git a/build/config/ppc64el.cfg b/build/config/ppc64el.cfg >index af0afb7..48c1bbe 100644 >--- a/build/config/ppc64el.cfg >+++ b/build/config/ppc64el.cfg >@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ arch_cd_info_dir: > KERNEL /install/vmlinux \ > INITRD /install/initrd.gz \ > < $(GRUB_CFG_CDROM) > $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR)/boot/grub/grub.cfg >- grub-mkimage -O powerpc-ieee1275 -p '(ieee1275/cdrom)/boot/grub' \ >+ grub-mkimage -O powerpc-ieee1275 -p '()/boot/grub' \ > -o $(TEMP_CD_INFO_DIR)/boot/grub/powerpc.elf \ > $(GRUB_MODULES) $(GRUB_MODULES_CDROM) > cp -p /usr/lib/grub/powerpc-ieee1275/bootinfo.txt \ > >On PowerVM if no devalias is defined for cdrom in the OF, the current code >fails. >With the change it will work. I guess that can help also in case the debian >installer >is ran from a USB key (PowerVM and even qemu from SLOF). >I saw afterwards that this has been fixed a long time ago in Ubuntu : >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1334793 >But it hasn't been pulled in debian :( ; should it be pulled from Ubuntu to >keep >credits or should I send a patch ? Hmmm. Is there a patch to grub2 as well, or just the change in d-i build config? -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. [email protected] "I've only once written 'SQL is my bitch' in a comment. But that code is in use on a military site..." -- Simon Booth
