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Bug#841062: installation-reports

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Package: installation-reports

Boot method: ISO image
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/mirror/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/current/ppc64el/iso-cd/debian-testing-ppc64el-netinst.iso
Date: Mon Oct 17 00:44:56 2016

Machine: qemu VM / P8 baremetal / powerVM
Processor: ppc64el
Memory: 4Gb
Partitions: 
    /dev/sda1 JFS (more than 10Gb)
    /dev/sda3 swap

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [O]
Configure network:      [O]
Detect CD:              [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [E]
Overall install:        [E]

Comments/Problems:

When partitionning the disk, I chose the guided partitionning to use the entire disk and one partition, then I changed the file system of the main partition to JFS instead of ext4.
Everything went right until the grub installation.
It failed with:

Install the GRUB boot loader on a hard disk
-------------------------------------------

!! ERROR: Unable to install GRUB in /dev/sda1

Executing 'grub-install /dev/sda1' failed.

This is a fatal error.

from /var/log/syslog:
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: info: Installing grub on '/dev/sda1'
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: info: grub-install does not support --no-floppy
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: info: Running chroot /target grub-install --force "/dev/sda1"
Oct 17 00:51:19 grub-installer: Installing for powerpc-ieee1275 platform.
Oct 17 00:51:20 grub-installer: grub-install: error:
Oct 17 00:51:20 grub-installer:  unknown filesystem.
Oct 17 00:51:20 grub-installer: error: Running 'grub-install  --force "/dev/sda1"' failed.
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 3 (pipe:[9531]) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/4) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/4) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214): File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/4) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 5736: /bin/sh
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214):   Volume group "sda" not found
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: (process:5214):   Cannot process volume group sda
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1
Oct 17 01:09:20 main-menu[974]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed.

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Bug#841062: installation-reports Erwan Prioul <erwan@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2016-10-17 12:00 +0200
  Bug#841062: installation-reports lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) - 2016-10-17 18:40 +0200

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