Re: Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2019-04-09

[Frank Scheiner <frank.scheiner@web.de>]

On 4/15/19 03:53, Darren Goossens wrote:
> Hi
>
> Sorry If I am replying in the wrong way, I tried to understand how
> these lists work but I always seem to get it wrong.
>
> I have tried to use the Alpha netboot image. It booted very nicely,
> but then I got the message that I needed to load some firmware from
> removable media -- in this case, qlogic/1040.bin. The installer did
> not detect the CDROM drive, which is a standard SCSI one that came
> with the AlphaServer.
>
> I put the files on a floppy (AlphaServer 1200 does not have USB) but
> there is no floppy kernel module on the installer, so it could not
> read the floppy.
>
> So I'm kind of stuck.

Can you get your network up already at that point - netcat (as `nc`) is
available in the installer environment - or does this also require
access to the installer disc?

Cheers,
Frank