On 27.05.23 04:52, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 02:14:16PM +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote:
As per `grub-install(8)`:
```
grub-install copies GRUB images into boot/grub.
```
As the call to `grub-install` is performed by `chroot` inside the root
FS of the new installation, I
Hello again,
On 26.05.23 13:44, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hello!
On Fri, 2023-05-26 at 13:07 +0200, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 24.05.23 15:25, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
==
Installing on a FAT
/frank-scheiner-guest/grub-installer/-/commit/cfe145228adaa34aae780cbb527dce5408107083#ae6e84c2dbfeefe14b039001e1b64254dada292b_895_899
Cheers,
Frank
erminology) is recorded, in the HFS+ volume header.
[...]
```
...makes it look like it is specific to HFS(+). I am hence not even sure
if the graphical boot menu will work with FAT as OF bootstrap partition.
I never used it because I booted the machines from OF.
Cheers,
Frank
for
good.
See [5] for an implementation from end of 2018 (worked for me on a 11,2
Power Mac G5 and a Mac mini G4). The discussion that followed might be
also of interest.
[5]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2018/12/msg00054.html
Cheers,
Frank
You're welcome! :-)
On 24.11.22 22:22, Peter wrote:
Hi Frank,
That fixed it, thanks!
Peter
On Thu, 2022-11-24 at 00:31 +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Hi Peter,
On 24.11.22 00:18, Peter wrote:
I seem to have a problem with grub being read-only after sudo apt
update & apt upgrade on my i
details). When
that FS is checked (and possibly repaired) it should be mountable rw
again and you should be able to finish your upgrade.
[1]: https://manpages.debian.org/unstable/hfsprogs/fsck.hfs.8.en.html
Cheers,
Frank
On 26.05.22 07:50, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Wed, May 25, 2022, at 9:56 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hello!
On 5/26/22 00:46, Rick Thomas wrote:
The package libssl1.1 seems to have been removed from the powerpc/ppc64
archives.
Yes, there is a transition going on towards OpenSSL 3.0.
with your
cooling system.
Cheers,
Frank
Small update...
On 21.02.22 10:22, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 20.02.22 23:37, Stan Johnson wrote:
So there must have been a change in fwupd somewhere between version
1.7.4-1 and 1.7.5-3 that causes it to now require systemd. Please let me
know where I should report the issue.
[1] lists two
# aptitude why systemd-sysv
i init PreDepends systemd-sysv | sysvinit-core
Indeed, thanks Rick, that will be helpful in the future for me, too!
Cheers,
frank
Congratulations, Adrian! That is a huge step forward.
Cheers,
Frank
On 14.10.21 10:03, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hello!
Good news everyone! The hfsprogs package which has support for debian-installer
has now been accepted into unstable \o/. That means, I can finally continue
working
ux).
QUICKCHECK ONLY; FILESYSTEM CLEAN
```
Thanks and cheers,
Frank
. But maybe these segfaults also happened
when trying to check clean FSes.
UPDATE: Indeed, [1] says so. :-)
Cheers,
Frank
[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2018/12/msg00053.html
On 23.06.20 10:58, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 23.06.20 09:56, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
[...]
A signature applied during a valid key period is still good. For those
following a key rotation scheme, no new signatures should occur after
the key expires.
I agree. I have a related issue in my
).
Nice read!
I
wish the maintainers of Apt would read it and stop wasting our time
with these keys due to broken policies.
Maybe it's configurable.
Cheers,
Frank
the best.
Thanks for reminding me of that. :-)
Cheers,
Frank
On 19.04.20 10:36, Rick Thomas wrote:
OK
On Sat, Apr 18, 2020, at 11:47 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
You need to use the `ofpathname` from the `mac-support` branch mentioned
on [2]. You can either download it directly from [3] or `git clone
https://github.com/glaubitz/powerpc-utils.git` and do
close my PR then.
Cheers,
Frank
g/installer-team/partman-auto/-/merge_requests/3
I can rebase it (only later this day!), and hopefully there's no freeze
in the way this time and we can merge it. ;-)
Cheers
Frank
https://github.com/glaubitz/powerpc-utils.git` and do a `git checkout
mac-support` in the created dir and then use the `ofpathname` in the
checked-out branch.
[3]:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/glaubitz/powerpc-utils/mac-support/scripts/ofpathname
Cheers,
FranK
Hi Adrian,
On 16.04.20 21:25, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hi Frank!
On 4/16/20 8:49 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Alternatively, can someone run the ofpathname command from the powerpc-utils
package on different physical disks, e.g. sda1 and sdb1 and do the same with
the ofpath command
he powerpc-utils
package on different physical disks, e.g. sda1 and sdb1 and do the same with
the ofpath command?
Sorry, I can't be of help ATM, as my G5s are all in storage at a remote
location since a while. The only Mac I currently have at hand is a Mac
mini G4 (PowerMac10,1).
Cheers,
Frank
ets
changed or updated (e.g. during package updates) GRUB uses a **working**
device-to-OF-path-translator, because otherwise the next boot will fail,
as the original `ofpathname` returns non-working OF paths.
Cheers,
Frank
s requires additional steps. But your system should be bootable
from OF anyhow with `boot-device` set to the correct device and GRUB
image. You can set `auto-boot?` to true and use `reset-all` afterwards
and your system should automatically boot from then on.
Cheers,
Frank
On 6/20/19 22:45, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
Hi Frank!
On 6/20/19 9:04 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Combining the information from [1] and [2] for my 11,2 type G5 the
following OF paths are returned:
```
root@powermac-g5:~# ofpathname /dev/sda2
/ht@0,f200/pci@9/k2-sata-root@c/scsi@0/sd
On 7/2/19 16:40, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 7/2/19 4:32 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
There's no UDEB for hfsprogs which would allow handling HFS from the
installer environment so we need to resort to using the tools from the
hfsprogs DEB package from inside the target root FS during
as Frank suggested
2) mount root
Did you bind-mount /dev, /proc and /sys as well?
I did not - I though rescue would do that for me.
I think it actually does when you start a shell in the root FS from the
installer menu in rescue mode.
3) get and install yaboot
3) nvsetenv boot-device
patches included
root@powermac-g5:~# grub-ofpathname /dev/sda2
/ht@0,f200/pci@9/k2-sata-root@c/@0:2
# The returned OF path from `ofpath` here is the singular working OF
# path
root@powermac-g5:~# ofpath /dev/sda2
/ht@0,f200/pci@9/k2-sata-root@c/@0/@0:2
```
Cheers,
Frank
[1]: https://
package] and use
the commands from [1]:
```
# nvsetenv boot-device "$( ofpath /dev/ ),\grub"
```
...and reboot.
Cheers,
Frank
[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2019/04/msg00171.html
[2]:
http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian-ports/20190414T164455Z/pool-ppc64/mai
On 5/9/19 08:00, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 5/8/19 7:20 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Not for the 11,2 type G5s. AFAIK there never was an adapter available
that would allow access to the - existing - serial console port(s).
You can always plug in a USB-RS232 converter and pass "co
;bogus" console
device (e.g. `console=tty0`).
Cheers,
Frank
then on the list(s)?
And I actually never had issues with gzip compressed text files.
@Rick:
The file was “.zip” compressed on a Mac — not “.gz’ on a Linux. Do you think
that makes a difference?
Rick
Maybe just give it a try and compress the text file with gzip instead.
Cheers,
Frank
On 5/5/19 16:35, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
On 05/05/2019 15:02, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 5/5/19 14:47, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
On 05/05/2019 13:24, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
I think the bootinfo.txt is for IBM CHRP machines while the BootX is for Macs.
Ah no, that's not correct
partition, so `/boot/grub//System/Library/CoreServices/BootX`
is the full path for on-disk installations) anyhow. I think this is to
get GRUB booted via the `mac-boot` command in OF.
Cheers,
Frank
of spamming other lists?
Cheers,
Frank
On 5/5/19 08:46, Frank Scheiner wrote:
@Adrian:
The `hfsprogs` package was also not included in the older ISO from
2019-04-20 (I only checked the ppc64 one). Should we include it, so
off-line installations work?
OTOH should this even work? I.e. to install a base OS from just the
netinstall ISOS
. to install a base OS from just the
netinstall ISOS? I seem to remember that you somewhere wrote, that you
installed an OS just from the ISO w/o Internet access.
Cheers,
Frank
On 5/3/19 06:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 5/3/19 12:06 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
The reason is that my `mk-hfs-bootstrap.sh` script relied on language
dependent information. I didn't recognize - nor expect - that this
information is language dependent until I used a different
.
[1]:
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/grub-installer/merge_requests/2/diffs?diff_id=17813_sha=9826ab83eede29d0cc8259e8ce5271e0fcd65fc4
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Cheers,
Frank
ude the 1st
partition that holds the label, so adding a 11th one could still be
according to the specs.
Does someone have the facts available?
Cheers,
Frank
r if the logos shown on the glass console
by SPARCstations and later SPARC machines are not created the same way.
Cheers,
Frank
Oops, forgot something, see below...
On 5/1/19 17:46, Frank Scheiner wrote:
In addition to that I also tested with the current kernel in the
experimental suite (5.0.0-trunk-powerpc64)
...and with this one I also couldn't reproduce the hangs. So this would
be another option for now
Hi Alexandre,
sorry for not coming back to you earlier, but I missed the time for a
more in-depth look into this matter.
On 4/20/19 03:00, Alexandre Bencz wrote:
Frank, what PCI cards you 9111-520 has ?
I don't have additional cards in my 9111-520. In the meantime I could
confirm that my
. But if
you're short on FireWire disk adapters but have plenty of Power Macs,
why not? :-) If you have one of the first iPods with FireWire, these can
also be used for booting IIRC.
Cheers,
Frank
efine a new devalias somehow...
OpenBoot has NVRAMRC, specifically `nvalias` to store a devalias in
NVRAMRC. See e.g [1]. IIRC I've seen a nvramrc environment var in OF,
too, but not sure.
[1]: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E63648_01/html/E63649/gpsjv.html
Cheers,
Frank
alias gets created for it.
Cheers,
Frank
not sure why though - you could just
try with Italian and the very same disk a second time. The disk label
should be correct now. Maybe now it will just work?
Cheers,
Frank
Hi again,
On 4/28/19 21:56, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Other question: Does anybody know if NewWorld Power Macs could maybe
also boot from HFS+ instead of HFS or FAT(16)?
Probably answering my second question:
I just checked the OF on my 11,2 type Power Mac G5 and it - in addition
to `fat-files
an HFS wrapper around the HFS Plus file system. This
wrapper is required if the file system will be used to boot natively
into Mac OS 9.
```
...?
Other question: Does anybody know if NewWorld Power Macs could maybe
also boot from HFS+ instead of HFS or FAT(16)?
Cheers,
Frank
anyone with
a PowerMac test it and report back?
I'm actually on it, but still have some other things in the queue, so if
someone is quicker, no issue.
Cheers,
Frank
On 4/14/19 20:54, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 4/14/19 20:28, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Apr 13, 2019, at 5:39 AM, Frank Scheiner
wrote:
Do you happen to have a smaller disk (e.g. below 128 GB) available for
use? Or maybe you try with a separate small (512 MiB or so) `/boot`
partition directly after
`partmap /dev/sdb`.
The full syslog of the original failing installation would have been
also helpful, because it could maybe explain what happended during the
partitioning step.
Cheers,
Frank
On 4/18/19 00:26, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On 4/18/19 12:06 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
>>> My guess is an update broke something, because I don't remember
>>> successfully rebooting after that, but I'm not sure.
>>
>> Sad to hear that. Doesn't `boot hd:
but I'm not sure.
Sad to hear that. Doesn't `boot hd:2,\grub` work - assuming you have a
single disk drive in your G5?
What does `printenv boot-device` give back?
Cheers,
Frank
Hi David,
On 4/15/19 19:29, David VANTYGHEM wrote:
>
> Le 14/04/2019 à 23:35, Frank Scheiner a écrit :
>> Hi David,
>>
>> On 4/14/19 22:55, David VANTYGHEM wrote:
>>> I've got this error :
>>>
>>> https://framapic.org/VlzE2HdYGj1h/34Y0Cd8
On 4/15/19 15:44, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/15/19 3:37 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Well, the above excerpt shows that the script tries to read an invalid
path which might the result of one of the commands returning an error
instead of a usable path. I haven't looked at the details yet
On 4/15/19 15:27, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/15/19 3:19 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Mk-hfs-bootstrap: the HFS bootstrap partition couldn't be found. Cannot
continue! Exiting.
Main-menu: cat: can't open /var/lib/partman/devices/=dev=SDB/string of
numbers/mountpoint: no such file
On 4/15/19 10:49, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/15/19 9:26 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
although this is already solved (with [1]), I wanted to notify you, that
the message I'm replying to, reached me (and possibly others) only after
your last message, though it was sent earlier.
I don't
placeholder, then your actual first
message, then your "middle" message.
[2]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2019/04/
Cheers,
Frank
On 4/15/19 01:37, Noah Wolfe wrote:
Okay, so I tried again with everything on default mount points, and the
same error and message appear.
Th
.
How was the partitioning layout created and what layout was actually used?
Cheers,
Frank
On 4/14/19 20:28, Rick Thomas wrote:
On Apr 13, 2019, at 5:39 AM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Do you happen to have a smaller disk (e.g. below 128 GB) available for
use? Or maybe you try with a separate small (512 MiB or so) `/boot`
partition directly after the HFS bootstrap partition, so the kernel
oot loader and no separate `/boot`?
I don't have a PowerMac3,4 available, but I could try on an older
Gigabit one (PowerMac3,3) with a "large" ATA hard disk (with 500 GB),
maybe on Monday. Perhaps it shows similar issues.
Cheers,
Frank
ng mount point
which you can't define in manual mode as we found out.
I don't know the proper partitioning setup from the top of my head, so
Frank has to comment on this. But either way, you should refrain from
manual partitioning until we have the proper checks in place.
Exactly, don't u
On 4/10/19 14:56, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/10/19 2:48 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
UPDATE:
I tested that change with [1] in "normal" installation mode and it still
complains with "permission denied". It works through though, when I make
"mkhfs-bootstrap.sh&q
FS bootstrap partition on boot, it won't work on ppc64 anyhow, as
the fsck.hfs segfaults on ppc64 (see [3]). We hope this will be fixed
with the next release of hfsprogs for Debian.
[3]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=919532
Cheers,
Frank
On 4/10/19 08:50, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/10/19 4:53 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
/usr/lib/grub-installer/mkhfs-bootstrap.sh: Permission denied
Frank, I suggest invoking your script with "sh -c", could you test this
patch?
--- grub-installer~ 2019-04-06 00:03:33.15382
On 4/7/19 15:23, David VANTYGHEM wrote:
Le 07/04/2019 à 13:27, David VANTYGHEM a écrit :
Le 07/04/2019 à 13:26, Frank Scheiner a écrit :
On 4/7/19 11:45, David VANTYGHEM wrote:
Le 06/04/2019 à 23:31, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit :
On 4/6/19 10:41 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote:
Done: https
On 4/7/19 13:47, aggaz wrote:
Il 07/04/19 13:24, Frank Scheiner ha scritto:
Nice, that the boot from USB stick worked for you. What type of G5 are
you using "7,2", "7,3", "9,1" or "11,2"? See [1] for details about the
different models.
Considering t
when I type a command, what I type on
the keyboard doesn't appear in the monitor :
https://framapic.org/2a91JdNpZUJ8/pvKqnOoLStv9.png
Any idea of what I must do ?
Sorry, no idea, CCing to Mark Cave-Ayland, maybe he can help.
Cheers,
Frank
to
add the newly created script (`mkhfs-bootstrap.sh`) to the list of files
to be installed. So it was missing in the d-i/grub-installer udeb and
not installed.
[2]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2019/04/msg00067.html
At this point I stopped the installation.
Hope this report helps.
Absolutely, this was a fine report.
Cheers,
Frank
On 4/6/19 23:22, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/6/19 10:40 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Ok, looks like there's a "local" keyword used outside of a function in a
partman startup(?) file:
```
Apr 6 20:22:36 partman: No matching physical volumes found
Apr 6 20:22:36 partman: R
t; to also
install the new "mkhfs-bootstrap.sh" script. :-/
Sorry, my bad. I didn't anticipate this. I'll force push a change to fix
that asap. Though this won't help for the created powerpc/ppc64 ISOs.
GRUB installations won't work with them unless someone inserts [1] into
the ins
On 4/6/19 22:32, Dennis Clarke wrote:
OKay .. I don't know what is wrong but neither expert mode or just
regular "install" seems to be able to detect a disk nor run a partition
tool. However the /dev/sdaX links are in place. No idea.
If you're installation environment is still running, you
where you started the grub installation step?
Cheers,
Frank
On 4/6/19 22:02, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 4/6/19 21:38, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/6/19 9:31 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Frank could you please test the image yourself and report back?
Sure, I'll give it a try as soon as I find the time.
I would test it myself but I still haven't
On 4/6/19 21:38, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/6/19 9:31 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Frank could you please test the image yourself and report back?
Sure, I'll give it a try as soon as I find the time.
I would test it myself but I still haven't got the PowerPC machine back
online
On 4/6/19 21:27, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 4/6/19 9:00 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 4/6/19 20:19, Dennis Clarke wrote:
I just did a quick test here and ran into an inability to partition the
internal disk.
You can listen to me rambling about this at :
https://www.youtube.com
On 4/6/19 21:00, Frank Scheiner wrote:
On 4/6/19 20:19, Dennis Clarke wrote:
I just did a quick test here and ran into an inability to partition the
internal disk.
You can listen to me rambling about this at :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQwwexSvpY0
Just skip ahead to the 3:45 time
and "esc" to activate scrolling
through the buffer with "up/down" or "page up/down") instead of
"copying" it from the glass console.
Cheers,
Frank
Small Update:
On 4/6/19 14:51, Frank Scheiner wrote:
I will try to check if SP operation makes a difference, if I find out
how to disable MP operation, because there doesn't seem to be a SP
kernel available for ppc64. Hence I'm also not 100% sure that the
installer really operates in SP mode. I
Dear Alexandre,
On 3/29/19 23:46, Alexandre Bencz wrote:
Hi Frank!
Thanks for the awesome explanation!!
I tried, using only the DASD of position 1, but an error occurred, the
system was trying to detect the other DASDs
I will try with other DASDs combination and with other DASDs :)
I'm using
ider:
* not working
* unclear
* unknown
...for a specific installer ISO (preferably the latest one, i.e. [1] at
the moment), so that we can work through this list and provide
additional documentation if need be in e.g. the Debian wiki.
Cheers,
Frank
[1]:
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-01-27/debian-10.0-ppc64-NETINST-1.iso
On 3/29/19 22:58, Alexandre Bencz wrote:
Hi Frank!
Thanks... I tried with the last Debian version, and, the system stuck in
this:
Hm, what kernel version is used here?
Because there was an issue with the ipr driver somewhere between 4.17.x
and 4.19.x which could be related, see the messages
, though the
powerpc one should also work, but will give you a 32bit userland "only".
[1]: https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-01-27/
Cheers,
Frank
On 3/13/19 21:34, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
On Wed, Mar 13, 2019 at 12:56 AM Frank Scheiner wrote:
by popular demand for a working d-i/grub-installer on NewWorld Power
Macs **with** HFS bootstrap method, I made this happen - again. :-D This
time with a reduced footprint compared to the patches
the file permissions to allow execution
afterwards.
Cheers,
Frank
should also work out of the box on POWER5 IIC.
Cheers,
Frank
.
Cheers,
Frank
.
Cheers,
Frank
ld it even make sense?
Only the contents of `/boot/grub`, but the best method would be to use
`grub-install` (per default installs files to `/boot/grub`) for that and
mount the FAT partition to `/boot/grub` beforehand.
Cheers,
Frank
ggested by the installer
itself, without improvements.
Maybe try with `modprobe.blacklist=ssb`, assuming you didn't have the
typo - double `d` - in your actual kernel command line. [2] also
suggests that for SLES12.
[2]: https://www.suse.com/de-de/support/kb/doc/?id=7018612
Cheers,
Frank
ebian.org/installer-team/partman-partitioning/blob/master/lib/disk-label.sh#L53
[2]:
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-partitioning/merge_requests/1/diffs#4024213af38e279cc49152a1df786d0c5c259409_71_70
Cheers,
Frank
in the future.
Cheers,
Frank
rchive ([1]) - for
maybe the last two years or so. :-) Yes, I know, that's a lot of stuff,
but it will give the reader a profound background and a much better
understanding of the topics on this list.
[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/
Cheers,
Frank
On 1/28/19 15:34, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 1/28/19 3:05 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:>> What would be the gain of
implementing this? Sure, it would be possible
to implement it. But for what particular reasons and why would it be
required for Yaboot?
I believe the current d-i/
On 1/28/19 14:42, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 1/28/19 2:18 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
Theoretically something similar could be created - at a different place
though, i.e. before the partitioning step - to support both HFS and
FAT16 bootstrap methods in the installer for NewWorld Power
On 1/28/19 14:01, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 1/28/19 1:52 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
@Rick:
I thought about something like this since Mark reported the bootstrap
limits in OpenBIOS. It could in principle work similar to the switch
between non-GPT and GPT capable SPARC hardware ([1
On 1/28/19 12:45, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
On 1/28/19 12:34 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
I realize that this may require some programming, but would it be possible
to have it ask a question early on (maybe at or before the beginning of
partitioning) requesting the user to choose between
On 1/28/19 10:19, Rick Thomas wrote:
When it got to trying to install grub, that failed (as expected). I
chose to “continue without boot loader”. It wrapped up and ejected the
CD then paused before trying to reboot. While it was paused I switched
to the alt- console and did the following{2}:
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