Bug#474737: Still not working: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk
On Thursday 30 October 2008, markus.mbox@gmx.de wrote:
> > This really is total nonsense.
> > It's in /lib/modules/<kvers>/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/ and is present
> > for both the Etch and Lenny installer.
>
> Sorry, no :-(
Eh, YES!
> More precisely: Within debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso there is a
> initrd.gz (size 4294684) containing
> lib/modules/2.6.24-1-486/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko. Ok, looks
> good.
>
> But with this initrd the installer tries is to access a CD/DVD drive
> and fails without it.
Great. So instead of wasting our time trying to convince us that we don't
know what we're talking about, why don't you try my suggestions from [1]
and actually give some meaningfull info about what happens when you load
the different drivers manually?
You also never sent the log for an installation on the "real hardware".
> Don't know why this is called a "netinst" iso.
> One would expect netinst uses a network connection.
It does. Only the base system can be installed from the CD. All other
packages need to be downloaded from a network mirror.
> There also is a kernel / initrd.gz (size 5245043) pair in
> debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-in
>staller/i386.
That image is currently broken as documented in the top news item on [2].
You will get a big fat warning that "no corresponding kernel module udebs
can be found". Have you just ignored that?
Please use a daily built image until RC1 is released.
The fact that it does not contain piix is correct. In fact, a netboot
initrd does not contain _any_ disk drivers, only network and USB, simply
because it does not need to.
The disk drivers are loaded later in the installation from a mirror. When
you use a daily built netboot image instead and look again during or
after the disk detection step, you _will_ see the module.
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/474737#10
[2] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
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