Bug#710203: Can't install firmware from USB stick using PXE boot, amd64 wheezy

To: 710203@bugs.debian.org, Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@nicta.com.au>
Subject: Bug#710203: Can't install firmware from USB stick using PXE boot, amd64 wheezy
From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 00:25:04 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 20130624222504.GK28197@ulrik.uio.no>
Reply-to: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>, 710203@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <84k3mir1pz.wl%peter@chubb.wattle.id.au>

[Peter Chubb]
> 2.  This system uses broadcom NICs that need firmware.  I put the
>   firmware onto a FAT-formatted USB stick, but the machine does not
>   recognise the stick when plugged in.  lsmod on the console does not
>   show usb_storage in the list of loaded modules after a failed
>   attempt.

Could the problem be that the installer do not understand FAT file
systems?  Can you try with ext3 on the USB stick?

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen

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