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Re: How does installer configure modules used after reboot?



[Tod Hagan]
> I've got a case where debian-installer RC1 fails on reboot. I'm
> writing up my installation report, but first I have a question.

Remember both lspci and lspci -n. :)

> I'm not sure that the necessary modules are loaded to see the RAIDed
> drives holding the install. Would these modules have to appear in the
> modprobe entries in the loadmodules file in
> /boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-386?

Yes, I believe so.

> Is /boot/initrd.img-2.4.26-1-386 created dynamically during install,
> or is it stored in a .deb within sarge-i386-netinst.iso?

It is generated when the kernel package is installed, and I believe it
is done by mkinitrd.  Check the postinst of a kernel package.



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