Bug#269737: (forw) Re: Bug#269737: debian-installer: Kernel modules not included in netboot images

[Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>]

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Subject: Re: Bug#269737: debian-installer: Kernel modules not included in
	netboot images
From: Mika S Marjamäki <mika.marjamaki@movial.fi>
To: Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
Organization: Movial
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Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 13:02:07 +0300

pe, 2004-09-03 kello 12:27, Christian Perrier kirjoitti:
> Quoting Mika S Marjamäki (mika.marjamaki@movial.fi):
> > Package: debian-installer
> > Severity: important
> > 
> > I'm trying to use netboot images for PXE-booting the Debian installer on
> > i386 hardware.
> > 
> > The netboot-images don't include any useful kernel modules for using
> > e.g. hard disks -- I have to manually download kernel module udebs from
> > my debian-mirror and install them manually to make the installer aware
> > of them.
> Which image did you use ?
> 
> If this is a 20040901 build, partman seems to be unable to recognize
> hard disks..:-)
> 
> Try with the RC1 netboot image, or 20040830 (before partman went
> broken).

I think I used either 20040901 or 20040830 or 20040831. Many images
anyway as I have had to try the installation quite many times...

But the problem is not with partman anyway, it's with netboot-images not
containing ANY modules for storage etc. -- only network drivers come
with the installer and the installer is not able to fetch the rest of
the modules from the network.

  Mika

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