On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 11:36:31PM -0700, Rick Thomas wrote: > >Well, it wasn't Tuesday. More like Thursday, but I did manage to get >to it today. Here's my report... > >I downloaded both the amd64 and powerpc weekly DVD-1 iso's from >9/3/2012 and copied each to a 4 GB USB flash thumb-drive, using "dd". >Each booted as expected and ran the install process thru >partitioning, telling it *not* to use a mirror (wanting to make sure >the smaller DVD-1 installer wasn't missing anything important), then, >finally, running task selection and finishing the installation. I >installed a standard desktop environment: gnome on the powerpc, and >xfce on the amd64. > >When it came time to write the boot-loader, they both showed symptoms >of bug #684265 -- not able to find existing OS's and make entries for >them in the bootloader config file. > >Fortunately, the amd64 grub boot loader creation script did some >self-checking, and noticed that there was only one OS in the setup it >was about to write. It asked me if I wanted to write a MBR that I'd >only have to re-do later to pick up the other OS's (if any). I >decided to see if there were other options and answered "no". It >then asked if I wanted to write the boot block to the partition I was >installing to. I said "yes" but that failed for some reason (I don't >remember the error message, and I don't think it was helpful even if >I could remember.) So then I tried using lilo to a second USB stick. >That worked and booted fine. If I booted without the USB stick, it >booted to the previous default OS. "Cool!" that there's a >workaround, but "Uncool!" that it's so roundabout! I'll be happy to >supply the syslog file if you want to take a look. > >The powerpc yaboot boot loader creation script isn't so intelligent. >It didn't check, and therefor didn't recognize there was a problem, >so it went blithely ahead and created a one-entry yaboot >configuration, which I had to repair manually after rebooting. Once >again, I have the syslog file from this installation and I'll be >happy to supply it if you want to take a look. > >If you can point me at which package I should post a wishlist bug to, >I'd love to have the yaboot bootloader creation script be as smart as >the one for grub about "Hey! There's only one OS here." > >With the above-described workarounds, all went well with the post- >installation reboots. The respective desktop environments seem >complete and fully-functional.
Cool, thanks for checking that. I'm closing #686471 now. :-) >PS: Is anybody working on bug #684265? It would be a shame if it >got into beta2... Yes, it would... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "Since phone messaging became popular, the young generation has lost the ability to read or write anything that is longer than one hundred and sixty characters." -- Ignatios Souvatzis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
