[Bug 956481] Re: ppc: YabootInstaller doesn't handle USB drive installation so well

[ojordan]

As I understand it, installation on USB fails because ofpath can't
handle USB.

I've never installed a proper system to USB, but I've been playing with
live USB persistence.  When you run ybin/mkofboot it complains that
ofpath doesn't support USB.  You have to pass an ofboot option to them,
specifying say usb0/@1:2 .

If my memory is correct yabootconfig doesn't have an ofboot option.  It
may generate a yaboot.conf file before it fails so it maybe possible to
just run the mkofboot command with the ofboot option to copy the files
to the bootloader.

My instructions for live USB persistence are on the PowerPC FAQ
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#How_do_I_boot_from_a_USB_drive.3F .

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Title:
  ppc: YabootInstaller doesn't handle USB drive installation so well

Status in “yaboot-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Just the "Installation Complete" dialog was left hanging, otherwise
  things looks fine. Apport made me file this bug. Installation of
  yaboot failed, because I am installing to an external USB drive which
  does not have any AppleBootstrap partition. I will boot yaboot from
  openfirmware anyway.

  I did not attach the debug log because I was warned that it contains
  my password. Is that true? I could not find it in syslog or
  installer/debug.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.9.28
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-powerpc 3.2.9
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-powerpc ppc
  ApportVersion: 1.94-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: powerpc
  Date: Thu Mar 15 22:44:14 2012
  InstallCmdLine: ro ramdisk_size=1048576 boot=casper rootdelay=10 live-media-path=Users/Tormod/casper file=/cdrom/Users/tormod/casper/preseed/lubuntu.seed break=mount ignore_uuid
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=unknown
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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