More info on i386 install fails to load modules
>> When using the resue.bin & root from a debian ftp mirror
>> in the directory
>> dists/potato/main/disks-i386/2.2.6-2000-02-07/disks-1.44
>>
>> I not able to load modules for a network card ( for network install )
Symptoms are like bug #57700 ( they are Carbon Copied )
<57700symptom>
However, when I selected "Configure
Device Driver Modules" from the menu of choices, the system would return
immediately, saying that was all done.
</57700symptom>
>> on tty3 there is message like
>> modconf: can't open for write /lib/modules/2.2.14/mod.conf
>> (or something like that ( It was late last night ))
>
>Please try this again and see if you can send us the exact message. I can't
>be sure what the problem is until I know what the error message is :-)
>
I did the test once again.
When selecting "Configure Device Driver Modules" on tty3 appears
<tty3msg>
Feb 16 20:01:55 (none) user.info dbootstrap[27]: depmod: Can't open
/lib/modules/2.2.14/modules.dep for writing
</tty3msg>
/lib/modules is a symbolic link to /target/lib/modules,
but below /target there is NO directory lib
( /target, which becomes "/", has a lost+found, root, etc & tmp dir. )
And I found more info:
On the menu console ( tty1 ) there is briefly the message
<tty1msg>
/target/usr/sbin/modconf: not found
</tty1msg>
( I was very hard to see the tty1message,
even at 8MHz still needed about 6 times,
using a monochrome monitor ( phosphorus ) made it easier 8^)
The directory /target/usr/sbin was empty.
Even didn't exist.
By putting a script at that place with "date >> /tmp/mylog"
got me the information that modconf is called after moddep.
Subscribing to debian-boot looks broken,
Please CC replies to me.
Groet Geert St
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