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 12:41:10 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 2fl38s61ni1.fsf@diskless.uio.no>
Reply-to: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>, 710203@bugs.debian.org
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[Peter Chubb]
> It's more than that -- cat /proc/partitions doesn't show the stick at
> all.  I suspect that the USB stick wasn;t recognised when it was
> plugged in.

Right.  Then it probably is a kernel issue.  Is there anything useful
printed to dmesg when you plug it in?  Is USB working on the machine
after installation?

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen

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