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

[Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>]

[Peter Chubb]
> After installation, yes.  But nothing got printed by dmesg during the
> installation when I plug in the USB stick.  And (from mempry, the
> machine is now in production so I can't fiddle) lsmod didn't show all
> the necessary modules --- after full installation I see:
> 
> ehci_pci               12472  0 
> uhci_hcd               26976  0 
> ehci_hcd               40464  1 ehci_pci
> 
> I think ehci-pci,ko is missing from the initrd.

Hm, how strange.  It is present on the initrd I use for PXE
installation in Wheezy, at least.  Perhaps some code to load ehci_pci
is broken or missing?  Which initrd are you using?

-- 
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen