Re: cannot install wheezy via network
2012/11/15, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>:
> Hello,
>
> david manyé <dmanye@gmail.com> (06/11/2012):
>> i can't (net)install i386 wheezy on virtualbox. i get something in
>> catalan that can be translated to "no kernel module found" error
>> because of a possible kernel mismatch. some days ago it worked fine.
>>
>> if i execute the command "file" on
>> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/wheezy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/linux
>> i get:
>>
>> linux: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.2.0-3-486
>> (unknown@Debian) #1, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x2, Normal VGA
>>
>> while in packages.d.o there is no linux-image-3.2.0-3-486 but
>> linux-image-3.2.0-4-486.
>>
>> can be this the cause of the mismatching?
>
> you want to use netinst images, linked from [1], instead of netboot
> images. Names are confusing, we know. :(
>
> 1. http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
>
> (A new d-i uploaded happened earlier today, which should make this
> problem disappear. Still, netinst images are a good idea when you
> don't want to know all the details.)
well, i was really netbooting a virtual machine fetching packages from
a local cache mirror. i tried using wget directly to bypass possible
errors introduced by my setup.
in fact, it seems that #692522 may be the same error i found.
many thanks.
>
> Mraw,
> KiBi.
>
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