Re: Bug#625290: debian-installer: ide_generic doesn't get included in the initrd, harddisk not available
Hello,
Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As the issue happens to the installed system I am not sure
> this bug belongs to the debian-installer.
The reason for this bug is IMHO, that a required module is
not added to the initrd. And creation of the initrd is part
of the installation process.
Let me cite this comment from Ben to Bug#571035:
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> wrote:
> ide_generic is still available because it doesn't have a direct
> replacement. However there is no way for the kernel to detect the
> controller and trigger automatic loading of the driver, as it would
> for a PCI device. The initramfs configuration must explicitly list
> it to be included and directly loaded during boot.
>
> I thought that if the installer loaded it then it would also ensure
> that it was loaded when booting the installed system. So this may be
> a debian-installer bug or an initramfs-tools bug.
Holger
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