Re: DI 7.0 Beta4: fails to mount and find non-free firmware?

[Miguel Figueiredo <elmig@debianpt.org>]

Hi all,

Em 02-01-2013 21:38, Cyril Brulebois escreveu:

[...]

> sure: not fixed in b4, will be in rc1; if somebody commits that for
> errata, this link (workaround) might be useful:
>    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=694582#10

Here it goes for discussion:

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* Firmware not loaded from USB stick

If you are providing firmware for installation on a USB stick and the 
installer don't find it (e.g. multiple partitions on usb stick, 
different usb sticks) it's suggested in #694582, as workaround, that you 
manually mount the partition so the firmware is found and loaded for the 
rest of the installation.
The process it's:

1 - After configuring keyboard open a terminal (ALT+F2).
2 - edit /bin/mountmedia:
	# nano /bin/mountmedia
3 - Find the following text:
	PARTITION_TYPE="$(blkid -p -s PART_ENTRY_TYPE $1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | 
cut -d \" -f 2)"

        if [ "$PARTITION_TYPE" != "0x5" ] && [ "$PARTITION_TYPE" != 
"0xf" ]; then
                mount $1 -tauto $MNT || true
                umount $MNT || true
                mount $1 -tauto $MNT
                media_mounted && checkcontents $MNT
        fi

and reduce it to:

                mount $1 -tauto $MNT || true
                umount $MNT || true
                mount $1 -tauto $MNT
                media_mounted && checkcontents $MNT

4. Save and continue with the installation.


This issue was identified and will be fixed on Debian Installer 7 
(Wheezy) RC1.


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Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,

Miguel Figueiredo