Hello Michael, On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 03:44:01AM +0800, Michael Felt wrote: > [...] > > ??????????????? [!!] 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.
do you per chance have the d-i ISO image mounted via a VTOPT device from e.g. a underlying VIO server? If so, please take a look at: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=352914 starting at Message #194. Or the mailing list archive here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2013/02/msg00023.html In my case it turned out the installer did everything fine WRT the partition layout, but the "find-partitions" command used to detect the "Apple_Bootstrap" partition stumbled upon the ISO image mounted via a VTOPT from the VIO server. See here for a full writeup of the whole ordeal: http://www.bityard.org/blog/2013/02/17/debian_wheezy_on_ibm_power According to the latest update in the bug report this issue should be fixed in more recent versions of the d-i. Didn't test this with the new versions though ... HTH & best regards, Frank Fegert -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
