Re: Can a rescue floppy load some modules before the installer starts?

[Kaz Sasayama <Kaz.Sasayama@HyperLinuxJP.com>]

It is likely that these modules must be on the rescue root filesystems: 
usb-uhci, usb-ohci, usbkbd or hid, and keybdev.  It will be easy to test 
if the machine has UHCI or OHCI USB controller through /proc/bus/pci, 
but it may be hard to detect if a USB keyboard is used as the only keyboard.

I'm afraid the floppy change for 1.44MB root floppy would require a 
keyboard?

David Kimdon wrote:

> Mostly, I think.  Would the kernel detect for us that it needed a usb
> module, or would we have to do something more than put it on the
> filesystem?


> If a lot of users aren't going to be able to install if we don't do it
> then we probably should do it.

I'm afraid more (especially low-end) PCs will be legacy-free soon, as 
Intel have taken those legacy support out of their chipsets.  PC 
manufacturers can easily make such a legacy-free PC now.  So Debian 
should prepare for it today if possible IMHO.

--
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