[Bug 1079435] New: cannot install on PowerMac G5 - yast requires a PReP partition on non-PReP compliant system
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435 Bug ID: 1079435 Summary: cannot install on PowerMac G5 - yast requires a PReP partition on non-PReP compliant system Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: Other OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation Assignee: yast2-maintainers@suse.de Reporter: msuchanek@suse.com QA Contact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Booting the installer required quite some fiddling - it seems to lock up the machine on kexec after downloading the new installer kernel more often than not. I found I cannot install with the new installer once running nonetheless. It requires a PReP partition but on a G5 the bootloader is written as a plain file on a HFS formatted Apple_HFS type partition. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435 Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- See Also| |https://bugzilla.opensuse.o | |rg/show_bug.cgi?id=970582 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435#c1 --- Comment #1 from Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.com> --- Created attachment 758887 --> http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/attachment.cgi?id=758887&action=edit yast log -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435#c2 Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- URL| |https://github.com/masterzo | |rag/G5_ppc64-linux --- Comment #2 from Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.com> --- It seems Apple hardware is not fully supported by yast and no partitioning proposal is provided. However, pdisk is provided in the installer environment so the disk can be partitioned by hand (or a pre-partitioned disk reused). To boot Apple hardware a HFS partition needs to be created on which the grub binary is stored. The partition type should be Apple_Bootstrap, the grub binary should be blessed and have type tbxi - details here: https://github.com/masterzorag/G5_ppc64-linux
From that page it looks like parted supports Apple partition map as well.
What does yast use for partitioning? Would it be possible to include Apple proposal? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435#c6 SlayerProof32 -X64 <Korbin.freedman@guilderlandschools.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |Korbin.freedman@guilderland | |schools.net --- Comment #6 from SlayerProof32 -X64 <Korbin.freedman@guilderlandschools.net> --- I attempted to install the current tumbleweed release (March 1st 2018 snapshot) on a PowerMac G5 7,3 (4gb ddr ram 970FX CPU and Radeon 9650 Gpu. The installer gets to grub, then Loads kernel, and ramdisk. While this is happening, the fans are starting to ramp up to 100% (probably windfarm driver issue) then powermac either blank screens after "starting udev... " or goes to "sending dhcp request to EnP2P.." and that fails, so a blue screen prompt shows up. As soon as I start to click the URL, the powermac shuts down. I have to believe that the shut down is caused by the HW fan controller panicking and stopping the system (After a five min period). I have no idea what the failed dchp request means. really I did get Opensuse 11.1 to install, but that is way old and has missing repos. It seems to not give the same fan issue and Yast starts without issue. This means that something you did in 2008 that's making the fan work properly, and starting yast properly is not present in the current install. I'd love if you could figure this out. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435#c7 --- Comment #7 from Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.com> --- possibly the windfarm driver is not included in the installer? -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435 http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079435#c8 --- Comment #8 from SlayerProof32 -X64 <Korbin.freedman@guilderlandschools.net> --- Either that, or the windfarm driver is not loading for some reason -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
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