Re: Debian 12 installation on iMac G3

Hi again!

I used the image you suggested, that worked (mostly) in a PowerBook G4 that
I have over here.
The installation of grub was this time interrupted by an error I managed to
see in the logs:

Oct 15 18:12:24 main-menu[252]: (process:1780): chroot: can't execute
'hmount': No such file or directory
Oct 15 18:12:24 main-menu[252]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer'
failed with error code 127

However, I omitted that step and finished the installation.
Then, I booted in rescue mode and finished installing grub2 successfully.

Is there any information on how to be successfull the same way with the
iMac G3 ?

Regards,

El vie, 11 oct 2024 a las 15:17, Manuel Molina Cuberos (<[email protected]>)
escribió:

> Hi Ed!
>
> Thanks for the hint.
> I toasted another CD with the image you suggested.
> Launched the installation and everything was working up to the mirror
> selection stage.
> I added one mirror (deb.debian.org) but from the error reported and the
> looks of the log, it seems that the current contents of the mirror show an
> inconsistent situation for installing gcc-14.
>
> I clicked back, reconfigured APT for using only the CD and continued.
> Then it reached the stage of grub installation. Same issue: it hangs up.
>
> In the console log I can find this:
>
> INFO: task grub-install:17327 blocked for more than 483 seconds.
>       Not tainted 6.3.0-1-powerpc #1 Debian 6.3.7-1
> "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disabled this message.
> task:grub-install    state:D stack:0     pid:17327 ppid:17214
>  flags:0x00000....
> Call Trace:
> [f3cf1b30] [00000004] 0x4 (unreliable)
> ...
> (it goes on)
>
> I managed to capture the current versions of the packages, according to
> /target/var/log/dpkg.log contents:
>
> grub-common:powerpc 2.06-13
> grub2-common:powerpc 2.06-13
> grub-ieee1275-bin:powerpc 2.06-13
>
> Anything I've missed?
>
> Regards,
>
>
> El vie, 11 oct 2024 a las 8:08, Ed Robbins (<[email protected]>)
> escribió:
>
>> Hi Manuel
>>
>> On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 at 23:50, Manuel Molina Cuberos <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi all!
>> >
>> > I have several PowerPC based computers. One of them is an iMac G3/500
>> DV SE (powermac2,2) with 1 GB RAM and 30 GB hard drive.
>> >
>> > I've had it with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS but it's out of support already. It
>> worked fine from boot perspective, and it was using yaboot.
>> >
>> > I wanted to install Debian 12, now that I know that the architecture is
>> being maintained.
>> > I downloaded and installed it from this image:
>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2024-02-25/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso
>> .
>>
>> Grub right now only works on certain specially prepared CD images. You
>> need to use this one, it should solve your issue
>>
>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2023-06-18/debian-12.0.0-powerpc-NETINST-1.iso
>>
>> Best,
>> Ed
>>
>> >
>> > The disk layout for this installation was:
>> >
>> > Device / Size / Type / Mount point / Bootable
>> > -------------------------------------------------------
>> > /dev/sda13 128MB HFS /boot/grub yes
>> > /dev/sda14 11GB ext4 / no
>> > /dev/sda15 512MB swap no
>> >
>> > However, when it comes the time to install grub, the system hangs at
>> 16% progress of that stage.
>> > I opened a console and checked. The process hung was grub-ieee1275
>> >
>> > The system log (Alt+F4) showed a dump of a killed process.
>> >
>> > I was able to kill that and finish the installation (users etcetera).
>> > I booted in rescue mode. Then mounted and verified that /boot/grub was
>> r/w.
>> > Then tried to complete the installation, to no avail. The error message
>> this time:
>> >
>> > Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform . Errors were encountered
>> while processing grub-ieee1275
>> >
>> > Any hint of what I'm missing or doing wrong?
>> > Any hint will be very much appreciated.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> >      Manuel Molina Cuberos
>>
>
>
> --
> Un saludo,
>
>      Manuel Molina Cuberos (deluxe_)
>


-- 
Un saludo,

     Manuel Molina Cuberos (deluxe_)