• grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-ieee1275' failed

    From Dennis Clarke@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 9 02:00:02 2021
    I think this is pretty much well known but I will report it here
    regardless. From the latest sparc64 installer images I eventually
    see grub-ieee1275 fails.

    From the end of the syslog :

    Jan 4 19:00:00 in-target: The following additional packages will be
    installed:
    Jan 4 19:00:00 in-target: grub-ieee1275-bin grub2-common
    Jan 4 19:00:00 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed:
    Jan 4 19:00:00 in-target: grub-ieee1275 grub-ieee1275-bin grub2-common
    Jan 4 19:00:02 in-target: 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove
    and 0 not upgraded.
    Jan 4 19:00:02 in-target: Need to get 2031 kB of archives.
    Jan 4 19:00:02 in-target: After this operation, 5943 kB of additional
    disk space will be used.
    Jan 4 19:00:02 in-target: Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub2-common sparc64 2.04-11 [719 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275-bin sparc64 2.04-11
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: 503 Backend unavailable, connection
    timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275 sparc64 2.04-11 [542 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Fetched 1261 kB in 4s (316 kB/s)
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-sparc64/main/g/grub2/grub-ieee1275-bin_2.04-11_sparc64.deb
    503 Backend unavailable, connection timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run
    apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install
    grub-ieee1275' failed

    The entire log is at https://beta.genunix.com/debian_boot/sparc64/syslog_2021-01-03.txt

    I think, for the moment, the ppc64 installer is a higher priority.

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    Dennis Clarke
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  • From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to Dennis Clarke on Sat Jan 9 02:20:01 2021
    On 1/9/21 1:53 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:

    I think this is pretty much well known but I will report it here
    regardless. From the latest sparc64 installer images I eventually
    see grub-ieee1275 fails.
    (...)
    Jan 4 19:00:02 in-target: Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub2-common sparc64 2.04-11 [719 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275-bin sparc64 2.04-11
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: 503 Backend unavailable, connection
    timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275 sparc64 2.04-11 [542 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Fetched 1261 kB in 4s (316 kB/s)
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Failed to fetch http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-sparc64/main/g/grub2/grub-ieee1275-bin_2.04-11_sparc64.deb
    503 Backend unavailable, connection timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run
    apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install
    grub-ieee1275' failed

    I have no clue which image you used and I'm not sure what you did to end up in a situation
    where the installer would try to download the grub2 packages over the net which are actually
    on the installation ISO, so they don't have to be downloaded.

    I also just verified that by installing the latest sparc64 ISO inside an LDOM in offline mode
    and grub2 was installed without any issues with no package mirror being set up.

    Adrian

    --
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  • From Gregor Riepl@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jan 9 14:10:05 2021
    I have no clue which image you used and I'm not sure what you did to end up in a situation
    where the installer would try to download the grub2 packages over the net which are actually
    on the installation ISO, so they don't have to be downloaded.

    The only situation where I can imagine this would happen is when the repositories have a newer version of the package than the installer
    image, and update to the latest version during installation is enabled (probably the default).

    Maybe try again, or with a different mirror?
    This sounds very much like a temporary issue with the repo, not the
    installer:

    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: 503 Backend unavailable, connection
    timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]

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  • From Dennis Clarke@21:1/5 to John Paul Adrian Glaubitz on Sat Jan 9 14:40:01 2021
    On 1/9/21 1:12 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
    On 1/9/21 1:53 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:

    I think this is pretty much well known but I will report it here
    regardless. From the latest sparc64 installer images I eventually
    see grub-ieee1275 fails.
    (...)
    Jan 4 19:00:02 in-target: Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub2-common sparc64 2.04-11 [719 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275-bin sparc64 2.04-11
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: 503 Backend unavailable, connection
    timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275 sparc64 2.04-11 [542 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Fetched 1261 kB in 4s (316 kB/s)
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Failed to fetch
    http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-sparc64/main/g/grub2/grub-ieee1275-bin_2.04-11_sparc64.deb
    503 Backend unavailable, connection timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run
    apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install
    grub-ieee1275' failed

    I have no clue which image you used and I'm not sure what you did to end up in a situation
    where the installer would try to download the grub2 packages over the net which are actually
    on the installation ISO, so they don't have to be downloaded.


    I used the sparc64 netinst from https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2021-01-03/ and did
    veridy the SHA512 hash.

    I also just verified that by installing the latest sparc64 ISO inside an LDOM in offline mode
    and grub2 was installed without any issues with no package mirror being set up.



    May be possibly because I always use the "expert mode" option in the
    installer. That allows me to setup the network without DHCP.

    I will try again with the default trivial installer.

    Dennis

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  • From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to Gregor Riepl on Sat Jan 9 14:20:01 2021
    On 1/9/21 2:03 PM, Gregor Riepl wrote:
    The only situation where I can imagine this would happen is when the repositories have a newer version of the package than the installer
    image, and update to the latest version during installation is enabled (probably the default).

    I have never run into this situation but I know that a lot of users choose
    the weirdest configuration settings in debian-installer without understanding the ramifications and then wonder why it doesn't work.

    Adrian

    --
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    `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de
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  • From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to Dennis Clarke on Sat Jan 9 14:50:01 2021
    On 1/9/21 2:33 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
    May be possibly because I always use the "expert mode" option in the installer. That allows me to setup the network without DHCP.

    Manual networking setup also works in normal mode. It will try DHCP first,
    then fail and then offer manual configuration.

    I will try again with the default trivial installer.

    Yes, please try to avoid the expert installer. It's an untested code path.

    Adrian

    --
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    : :' : Debian Developer - glaubitz@debian.org
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  • From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to Dennis Clarke on Mon Jan 11 15:10:01 2021
    Hello!

    On 1/11/21 2:53 PM, Dennis Clarke wrote:
    I am doing a re-install with the "default" installer and I choose the
    most trivial config options. Which is to say the partition options were whatever seems most trivial. Full disk. New partition table. Everything
    in one partition. The default seems to be 512MB ext2 bootable /boot and
    then a large slice and 1G of swap.

    Eventually I see a big red box :

    [!!] Configure the package manager
    apt configuration problem
    An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the
    media failed.

    Here I select "continue" and things seem to move along.

    You should have checked what's in the log in the other terminal so you know
    the actual problem was.

    I guess there is something oddball in the expert level menu option but
    we don't really test for that. OKay, this works in the easy mode option.

    I alone simply don't have the capacity to test (and fix!) all possible
    paths in the installer.

    If you run into such problem, try to reproduce it with a daily snapshot
    of the installer on one of the officially supported architectures and
    then file a bug against debian-installer.

    Adrian

    --
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    : :' : Debian Developer - glaubitz@debian.org
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  • From Dennis Clarke@21:1/5 to John Paul Adrian Glaubitz on Mon Jan 11 15:00:02 2021
    On 1/9/21 1:12 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
    On 1/9/21 1:53 AM, Dennis Clarke wrote:

    I think this is pretty much well known but I will report it here
    regardless. From the latest sparc64 installer images I eventually
    see grub-ieee1275 fails.
    (...)
    Jan 4 19:00:02 in-target: Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub2-common sparc64 2.04-11 [719 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Err:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275-bin sparc64 2.04-11
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: 503 Backend unavailable, connection
    timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:04 in-target: Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports
    sid/main sparc64 grub-ieee1275 sparc64 2.04-11 [542 kB]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Fetched 1261 kB in 4s (316 kB/s)
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Failed to fetch
    http://deb.debian.org/debian-ports/pool-sparc64/main/g/grub2/grub-ieee1275-bin_2.04-11_sparc64.deb
    503 Backend unavailable, connection timeout [IP: 2a04:4e42:58::644 80]
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: E
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: :
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target: Unable to fetch some archives, maybe run
    apt-get update or try with --fix-missing?
    Jan 4 19:00:05 in-target:
    Jan 4 19:00:05 grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install
    grub-ieee1275' failed

    I have no clue which image you used and I'm not sure what you did to end up in a situation
    where the installer would try to download the grub2 packages over the net which are actually
    on the installation ISO, so they don't have to be downloaded.

    I also just verified that by installing the latest sparc64 ISO inside an LDOM in offline mode
    and grub2 was installed without any issues with no package mirror being set up.


    I am doing a re-install with the "default" installer and I choose the
    most trivial config options. Which is to say the partition options were whatever seems most trivial. Full disk. New partition table. Everything
    in one partition. The default seems to be 512MB ext2 bootable /boot and
    then a large slice and 1G of swap.

    Eventually I see a big red box :

    [!!] Configure the package manager
    apt configuration problem
    An attempt to configure apt to install additional packages from the
    media failed.

    Here I select "continue" and things seem to move along.

    Then, after a little while everything seems to just work neatly.

    I guess there is something oddball in the expert level menu option but
    we don't really test for that. OKay, this works in the easy mode option.


    --
    Dennis Clarke
    RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
    UNIX and Linux spoken
    GreyBeard and suspenders optional

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