Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-26 Thread Romain Dolbeau
Le sam. 25 juil. 2020 à 20:48, Mark Cave-Ayland a écrit : > -prom-env 'boot-device=hd:,\\BootX' Nope; however going for the full paths (both device from syslog and file from looking in the partition - turns out it mirrors OSX's bootloader) like this: -prom-env

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/25/20 11:54 AM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote: > That's complaining that nvsetenv fails which is because QEMU doesn't emulate > persistent NVRAM so that is to be expected (and indeed, yaboot raised an > error in > exactly the same way during installation). Okay, then it's not surprising that

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 25/07/2020 18:16, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Le sam. 25 juil. 2020 à 11:55, Mark Cave-Ayland > a écrit : >> First thing to ask is does your newly created vm-ppc HD image boot when you >> change >> the "-boot" parameter to "-boot c"? > > Nope, couldn't get it to boot with just 'c' or the

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Romain Dolbeau
Le sam. 25 juil. 2020 à 11:55, Mark Cave-Ayland a écrit : > First thing to ask is does your newly created vm-ppc HD image boot when you > change > the "-boot" parameter to "-boot c"? Nope, couldn't get it to boot with just 'c' or the parameters I listed (... after removing the '-cdrom XXX'

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 25/07/2020 10:02, Romain Dolbeau wrote: > Le mer. 22 juil. 2020 à 18:01, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > a écrit : >> Use scp. > > Or 'cp' to /target, and then mount /target from the VM host. > > Attached is the syslog from attempting to install in a QEMU VM > (similar to David's); GRUB fails

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-25 Thread Romain Dolbeau
Le mer. 22 juil. 2020 à 18:01, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > Use scp. Or 'cp' to /target, and then mount /target from the VM host. Attached is the syslog from attempting to install in a QEMU VM (similar to David's); GRUB fails to install for me as well. This is with Mark's OpenBIOS.

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-23 Thread Mark Cave-Ayland
On 23/07/2020 18:47, Dennis Clarke wrote: >> For /var/log/syslog, I don't know how to catch it. I can't boot the >> virtual machine as GRUB did not install. I tried to mount the qcow2 >> image with libqcow-utils but it did not work. I will make a new >> installation (3-4 hours) if I find how to

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-23 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 7/20/20 3:21 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Le 20/07/2020 à 15:18, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : >> On 7/20/20 12:57 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >>> and at the end of the installation, GRUB doesn't install : >>> http://dl.free.fr/jG1llNJtk >> I don't speak

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 6:31 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > apt-install refused to install mc or scp or anything, saying apt-install > is already running or something like it. You cannot use apt within the installation environment. > I went to the end of the installation and... the VM rebooted. > > Sorry, but

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 22/07/2020 à 18:01, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 7/22/20 6:00 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >> I dont know how to :o( >> >> I tried to mount a local shared folder with 9P but it doesn't work. I'm >> trying to copy it by FTP with mc but mc doesn't start (strange because I >> can

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 6:00 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > I dont know how to :o( > > I tried to mount a local shared folder with 9P but it doesn't work. I'm > trying to copy it by FTP with mc but mc doesn't start (strange because I > can install it with apt-install mc). Use scp. Adrian -- .''`. John

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 22/07/2020 à 17:57, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 7/22/20 5:35 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >> Ask me if you need lines before. > Can you please send the whole log file? Having to ask you > for every line is not helpful. > I dont know how to :o( I tried to mount a local shared

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 5:35 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Ask me if you need lines before. Can you please send the whole log file? Having to ask you for every line is not helpful. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin -

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
> If that doesn't work either, go back to the main menu after the installation > has > failed and then go to "Execute a shell" and access the syslog this way. Aaaah ! I did not understand and see this option in the menu. Thank you. A screenshot of the last lines in /var/log/system :

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jul 22, 2020, at 11:25 AM, David VANTYGHEM > wrote: > I found something that could work. I started my VM with -monitor stdio option > and then I had the qemu shell. With the qemu command sendkey ctrl-alt-f2, > sendkey ctrl-alt-f1, I can switch to terminal in VM. I make a new install, >

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 22/07/2020 à 08:51, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 7/22/20 8:43 AM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >> Alt+Function Keys don't work in AQEMU. > Then run the installation through a virtual serial console. This allows you > switch to different screens (i.e. from GNU screen) using Ctrl+a+p. > >

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 8:43 AM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Alt+Function Keys don't work in AQEMU. Then run the installation through a virtual serial console. This allows you switch to different screens (i.e. from GNU screen) using Ctrl+a+p. Even though I have a hard time believing that you can't use

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 22/07/2020 à 08:34, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 7/22/20 7:13 AM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >> Hello, I have another message before GRUB fails to install : >> https://catdrop.drycat.fr/r/UheCT4A9#k87hxx5VOwuzHT12nKCWTdVO89cfLUXAaE3y8uNVhU4= > As I have said, I neither speak French nor

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/22/20 7:13 AM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Hello, I have another message before GRUB fails to install : > https://catdrop.drycat.fr/r/UheCT4A9#k87hxx5VOwuzHT12nKCWTdVO89cfLUXAaE3y8uNVhU4= As I have said, I neither speak French nor can I help you if I don't have a log file. Please run the

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-21 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 20/07/2020 à 18:32, Dennis Clarke a écrit : > On 7/20/20 4:22 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: >>> On Jul 20, 2020, at 5:55 PM, David VANTYGHEM >>> wrote: >>> >>> I suppose you need /var/log/syslog of Linux I'm installing in the >>> virtual computer, isn't it ? >> I need the log of the

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 7/20/20 4:22 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > >> On Jul 20, 2020, at 5:55 PM, David VANTYGHEM >> wrote: >> >> I suppose you need /var/log/syslog of Linux I'm installing in the >> virtual computer, isn't it ? > > I need the log of the Linux system running *inside* the VM that gets

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 5:55 PM, David VANTYGHEM > wrote: > > I suppose you need /var/log/syslog of Linux I'm installing in the > virtual computer, isn't it ? I need the log of the Linux system running *inside* the VM that gets created *while* the installation was running. When you boot the

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 20/07/2020 à 17:51, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > > >> On Jul 20, 2020, at 5:21 PM, David VANTYGHEM >> wrote: >> >> For /var/log/syslog, I don't know how to catch it. I can't boot the >> virtual machine as GRUB did not install. I tried to mount the qcow2 >> image with libqcow-utils

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 5:21 PM, David VANTYGHEM > wrote: > For /var/log/syslog, I don't know how to catch it. I can't boot the virtual > machine as GRUB did not install. I tried to mount the qcow2 image with > libqcow-utils but it did not work. I will make a new installation (3-4 hours) > if

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
> On Jul 20, 2020, at 5:28 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote: > > This may not be helpful but I installed that exact image into real G5 > hardware and it worked great. I am not sure what qemu does from a > firmware perspective but I also have ppc64le running with qemu and it > runs great. qemu

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread Dennis Clarke
>> Something fishy about qemu here. >> >> I did a build of the qemu from sources : >> >> styx$ /usr/local/bin/qemu-system-ppc64 --version >> QEMU emulator version 5.0.50 (v5.0.0-2005-geb6490f544-dirty) >> Copyright (c) 2003-2020 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers >> styx$ >> >> That

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 20/07/2020 à 17:27, Dennis Clarke a écrit : > On 7/20/20 3:21 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >> Le 20/07/2020 à 15:18, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : >>> On 7/20/20 12:57 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >>>> and at the end of the installation, GRUB doesn't in

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread Dennis Clarke
On 7/20/20 3:21 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > Le 20/07/2020 à 15:18, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : >> On 7/20/20 12:57 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >>> and at the end of the installation, GRUB doesn't install : >>> http://dl.free.fr/jG1llNJtk >> I don't speak

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Le 20/07/2020 à 15:18, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz a écrit : > On 7/20/20 12:57 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: >> and at the end of the installation, GRUB doesn't install : >> http://dl.free.fr/jG1llNJtk > I don't speak French, so a French error message won't help much. > > A

Re: GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 7/20/20 12:57 PM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > and at the end of the installation, GRUB doesn't install : > http://dl.free.fr/jG1llNJtk I don't speak French, so a French error message won't help much. Also, I need the contents of /var/log/syslog, as this message basically just says that th

GRUB doesn't install

2020-07-20 Thread David VANTYGHEM
Hello, With the new OpenBIOS that mark send to us, I installed completely Debian with qemu but I still have the same error message http://dl.free.fr/tqJxHGpxW and at the end of the installation, GRUB doesn't install : http://dl.free.fr/jG1llNJtk -- Installer facilement Linux : http

Re: GRUB doesn't install on G3

2019-05-05 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 5/5/19 8:06 AM, David VANTYGHEM wrote: > I tested > https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/grub-test/debian-10.0-powerpc-grub-NETINST-1.iso > on an iMac G3 in QAMEU. GRUB doesn't install : Yes, the cause of this problem is already known and we know what to fix. It will take a litt

GRUB doesn't install on G3

2019-05-05 Thread David VANTYGHEM
I tested https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/grub-test/debian-10.0-powerpc-grub-NETINST-1.iso on an iMac G3 in QAMEU. GRUB doesn't install : https://framapic.org/zE4TiX2fDkoI/vvygLQpinTrX.png https://framapic.org/GjnoOaL19Flf/EIRQQsVsPbxO.png https://framapic.org/vA30S5uVXnvM