Bug#292221: d-i: mkinitrd STILL omits medley.o (see also #265424)
Ok, I said it was simple:
--- /target/usr/sbin/mkinitrd.old 2005-01-23 18:38:08.000000000 +0000
+++ /target/usr/sbin/mkinitrd 2005-01-30 22:44:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@
print_ide_modules
echo hptraid
echo pdcraid
+ echo medley
;;
2)
echo floppy
Please note that this only closes one part of #265424. The following issues
still need to be addressed (hence I have NOT reassigned this bug to
initrd-tools or closed it):
1. "detect and mount CD-ROM" stage fails in non-expert mode on Asus A7N8X
Deluxe (total freeze) - in expert mode the correct selections are ide-core,
siimage, amd74xx, ide-detect, ide-disk, cdrom, ide-cd, isofs
2. ataraid.o, medley.o, hptraid.o and pdcraid.o not offered during "detect
hardware" stage in expert mode (medley needs to be manually modprobed in
shell)
3. partitioning stage offers three very dangerous options (erase entire
array, erase entire disk0, erase entire disk1) without showing existing
partitions
4. I needed to apt-install initrd-tools manually and edit
/target/usr/sbin/mkinitrd after installing the base system but before
installing the kernel image - it would be good if the "install kernel image"
stage was a separate item on the main menu in expert mode to facilitate this
(then people would not have to reinstall the base system every time this
kind of problem occurred)
5. the A7N8X has two Ethernet ports - 3c59x and forcedeth - on reboot the
network did not work because eth0 was assumed to be the forcedeth port and
in fact my LAN uses the 3c59x port
6. There still seems to be no way of installing to a fakeraid array using a
2.6 kernel!
Method: Installed from daily CD build 25/01/05
Machine: ASUS A7N8X Deluxe 2.0
Processor: Athlon XP 3200+
Memory: 1 GB
Root Device: Silicon Image Sil 3112 SATA RAID
Hard disks: 2x Maxtor 6Y160M0 (160Gb) in a single 320Gb stripe set
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [E] (#1 above)
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [E] (#2 above)
Partition hard drives: [O] (#3 above)
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O] (#4 above)
Install boot loader: [O] (LILO only, not GRUB)
Reboot: [E] (#5 above)
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Anyway, I'm up and running now, so if anyone else posts with medley
problems, point them in my direction!
Regards,
CC
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frans Pop [mailto:aragorn@tiscali.nl]
> Sent: 26 January 2005 00:23
> To: Chris Carr; 292221@bugs.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Bug#292221: d-i: mkinitrd STILL omits medley.o (see also
> #265424)
> On Tuesday 25 January 2005 21:33, Chris Carr wrote:
> > It's now over 5 months since Todd submitted #265424, and it's surely a
> > simple matter of adding medley.o to that part of the script which tries
> > the other ataraid drivers. Grateful if someone could add this asap.
> If it's that simple, you are very welcome to send a patch to this bug
> report and reassign it to the proper package.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
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