On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 03:17:06PM +0000, Geoff Soutter wrote:
Geert Stappers wrote:
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As Far As I Known covers the "hd-media" image from USB devices.
"hd-media" is different then the 'default' "netinst" image.
You find it at
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/
( also linked at
http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ports-status )
Please try that image at your hardware.
And tell us if one can do an install with hoop jumping.
Hi Geert,
Thanks for the reply. I was beginning to think I smelt or something ;-).
I noticed the hd-media install when I was downloading.
I thought that hd-media was for installing *from* USB devices (USB
memory sticks - thats why it's limited to 128MB apparently). My problem
was with installing *to* USB devices (USB hard drive in my case).
I had no problems installing from USB CD-ROM - the installer kernel has
the requisite USB modules by default, apparently.
The problem came trying to boot the installed USB HD - the installed
kernel didn't have them. Which was slightly frustrating considering I
just installed the entire OS to it from the installer! ;-)
Am I missing something obvious here?
No worries mate! You are doing fine.
There is indeed something in the d-i program code that needs more attention.
Severity of this bugreport is increased in the hope to get more eyeballs
on it.
Cheers
Geert Stappers