Bug#345467: debian-installer: powerpc root disk-image is too big to fit onto a floppy

[Frans Pop <aragorn@tiscali.nl>]

clone 345467 -1 -2
reassign -1 mountfloppy
retitle -1 Should not ask device question if no candidate devices found
reassign -2 debian-installer
retitle -2 Does not generate modules.dep if no modules included on root floppy
thanks

> VT4:
> /dev/disc: No such file or directory
> mount: Mounting 10 on /retriever/floppy/device failed: No such file or
> directory
> FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.15-1-powerpc-miboot/modules.dep:
> No such file or directory
>
> same thing with /dev/floppy, /dev/scsi, /dev/ide
>
> If I
> # ls /dev
> console log null rd tts vc

Right. Thanks very much for that info.

It looks like there are three problems here:
1) Driver for your floppy disk is either missing or not loaded.
2) This results in a situation that is not handled correctly by
   mountfloppy: none of the devices it looks for is present and
   still it tries to ask the "retriever/floppy/device" question.
   This results in the weird "Mounting 10 on" errors.
3) If no modules at all are included on the root floppy, the installer
   fails to generate a modules.dep file, even though the kernel _is_
   modular.

I'm cloning the bug for the second and third problem, but let's try to
track down the first one which is the base cause of the problem.

It looks very much as if the following udeb is just missing from the
root floppy:
floppy-modules-2.6.15-1-powerpc-miboot-di

I've added that udeb. Let's hope that it does not make the size of the
root floppy too big again.

Could you please test again with images for 12-02 or later?

Cheers,
FJP