On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 03:12:02PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > >On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 11:35:51PM +0100, Bob Hentges wrote: > > > >>Hi all, > >> > >>I just tried to install Linux on an iMac [17'', 1 Ghz G4, 768 MB Ram]of > >>mine, using the new netinstall-image of the 13-feb. It works just very > >>well until at some point it just seems like "crashing": > >> > >>Installing base system into /target/ failed. Check > >>/target/var/log/debootstrap.log and /target/var/log/debootstrap.err.log > >>for the details. > > > > > >Are you installing testing or unstable ? I guess you are trying to > >install testing, which may not yet have the fixed version of > >debootstrap. Try installing unstable. > > > >Friendly, > > > >Sven Luther > > While searching myself something to eat *g*, I decided to download the > image found at [1], and it worked just fine, until at one point it came > up with this. ( note that I think to have passed the point of the > bootstrap error of the other images ). > > *** > Error > *** > [+] Continue without boot loader > No boot loader installed > > No boot loader has been installed either because you chose not to or > because your specific architecture doesn't support a boot loader yet. > > Your will need to boot your kernel by hand with the root=/dev/hda5 > option. > *** > End Error > ***
That is not an error, just the message the nobootloader udeb outputs when no boot loader was selected. I guess the real problem is that either yaboot was not found, or somehow is broken for your hardware. Or something is wrong. Please consider filling a bugreport, using the template file found at : http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/report-template If you can come back to the main menu, and see if yaboot-installer is indeed proposed or not, it would be nice. Also, the debian-boot mailing list would be more adapted for this kind of questions. > Basically, as I haven't got the necessary knowledge, I explain myself > the non-having of the bootstrap error anymore, with the fact that the > new image, even thought labeled sarge is infact a sid image, or at > least a "bugless" sarge image. > > As with the first mail I searched a bit on the web for a similar error > to avoid annoying you, thought this time I couldn't find anything > related. > > [1] http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sid_d-i/powerpc/20040214/ Yeah, this one sounds good. > Not knowing what to try else, I am waiting for some more ideas :) and > am reminding you kindly to please CC me, as I am still not subscribed > to the list. > > Please excuse my 3 consecutive posts, I know it is not very elegant to > do so. I haven't seen any other possibility, keeping you informed of > what I was trying else, to get the installation procedure to work. No problem, Friendly, Sven Luther
