Bug#690978: debian-installer: d-i unable to find disk storage on Hyper-V

[Bernhard Schmidt <berni@birkenwald.de>]

On 22.10.2012 16:59, Arnaud Patard wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > There is another bug report open for that with a workaround for the
> > ata_piix change, but it then fails accessing the network card
> >
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684283
>
> hm. Stupid question: Why would you use a workaround on command line
> while we have a udeb containing the right module, which means that one
> can install in Hyper-V out of the box ?

Not so stupid question, quite honestly I had no idea how to include a 
udeb that is not shipped by default into a CD (I now found 
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CD). And the workaround 
for ata_piix is harmless since it only applies for d-i step, while 
getting a usable network card without drivers requires using the legacy 
card and changing it later, potentially changing MAC addresses as well.

> > Do you have an image with your patch which I could briefly test? Or
>
> I've used the iso uploaded here:
> http://www.hupstream.com/~rtp/azure/monolithic/
>
> > could you verify operation with the Hyper-V NIC as well?
>
> I've used the monolithic iso I mentionned so it had to download debs to
> install debian. I guess this means it's working.

Thanks. I'll try it in the next days.

Bernhard