Bug#710203: Can't install firmware from USB stick using PXE boot, amd64 wheezy
Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@nicta.com.au> writes:
>>>>>> "Petter" == Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com> writes:
>
> Petter> [Peter Chubb]
>>> It's more than that -- cat /proc/partitions doesn't show the stick
>>> at all. I suspect that the USB stick wasn;t recognised when it was
>>> plugged in.
>
> Petter> Right. Then it probably is a kernel issue. Is there anything
> Petter> useful printed to dmesg when you plug it in? Is USB working
> Petter> on the machine after installation?
>
>
> After installation, yes. But nothing got printed by dmesg during the
> installation when I plug in the USB stick. And (from mempry, the
> machine is now in production so I can't fiddle) lsmod didn't show all
> the necessary modules --- after full installation I see:
>
> ehci_pci 12472 0
> uhci_hcd 26976 0
> ehci_hcd 40464 1 ehci_pci
This is not a wheezy kernel.
> I think ehci-pci,ko is missing from the initrd.
Yes, you'll need to rerun update-initramfs from initramfs-tools v0.110
or newer to fix that for post-wheezy kernels.
Bjørn
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