No automatic detection of virtual disks/network using KVM (virtio-modules)

[André Luís Lopes <andrelop@andrelop.org>]

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Hello,

   I'm doing some Lenny test installs using the daily netinst image from
[0]. I downloaded the .iso image from 20080822, which matches its entry
on the provided MD5SUMS[1] file.

   My test installs are done using a host system based on Debian
unstable fully updated as of some minutes ago, using kernel 2.6.26-1-686
(package version 2.6.26-3) from Debian and KVM version 72+dfsg-1, also
from Debian.

   I'm able to use virtualized network and disks only if I manually go
back to main-menu, lower the debconf priority to "low" and select
manually the virtio-modules package to be loaded.

   Is there a way to automatically install the virtio-modules package so
that there's no need to go back to main-menu and do it manually ? I'm
asking because based on what Jérémi said on [2] I thought both network
and block drivers were automatically loaded.

   I already read the Installation Manual on [3] and couldn't find any
pointers on how to automatically install a given .udeb prior to network
and disk detection so the modules provided by this package are usable
within d-i without having to resort to manual steps.

[0]http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20080822-1/i386/iso-cd/debian-testing-i386-netinst.iso
[1]http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/20080822-1/i386/iso-cd/MD5SUMS
[2]http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2008/07/msg00152.html
[3]http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/index.html

Regards,

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André Luís Lopes
andrelop@{andrelop,debian}.org
http://www.andrelop.org/blog/
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