Bug#405666: Can't do an etch netinstall from USB stick

[Daniel Haude <dhaude@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>]

Package: installation-reports

Boot method: USB stick
Image version: Debian ftp mirror, latest daily build of debian-installer
Date:Fri Jan  5 14:02:40 CET 2007

(Other stuff not included; full debug report generated from installation
is available)

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [ ]
Config network:         [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [E]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

I followed the instructions on how to get the USB stick to work. It
booted alright, I could select languages and regions and stuff, but then
the installer started to search for ISO images in all kinds of places
and then told me that it couldn't find the kernel modules. From then on
I got a red screen background no matter what I tried.

I've been with Debian since Slink and have done dozens of installs, but
this is the first time I tried an USB stick.

I got the boot.img.gz from
ftp://ftp.debian.de/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/boot.img.gz

This is what is on my USB stick:

dh@kir:~$ ls -l /media/usbstick/
total 146264
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh        67 Nov  3 16:28 boot.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh 134137856 Jan  5 14:20 debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh        62 Nov  3 16:28 disk.lbl
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       869 Nov  3 16:28 f1.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       568 Nov  3 16:28 f10.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       666 Nov  3 16:28 f2.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       780 Nov  3 16:28 f3.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       485 Nov  3 16:28 f4.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       806 Nov  3 16:28 f5.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh      1069 Nov  3 16:28 f6.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       916 Nov  3 16:28 f7.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       971 Nov  3 16:28 f8.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh       766 Nov  3 16:28 f9.txt
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh   4113702 Nov  3 16:28 initrd.gz
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh  10337416 Nov  3 16:28 initrdg.gz
-r-xr-xr-x  1 dh dh      9776 Nov  3 16:28 ldlinux.sys
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh   1101730 Nov  3 16:28 linux
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh      9519 Nov  3 16:28 splash.rle
-rwxr-xr-x  1 dh dh      1022 Nov  3 16:28 syslinux.cfg