[Bug 956481] Re: ppc: YabootInstaller doesn't handle USB drive installation so well
ojordan
956481 at bugs.launchpad.net
Thu Mar 22 09:39:51 UTC 2012
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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