Bug#737750: debian-installer: Netboot initrd does not download ata-modules or sata-modules udebs
On 23/02/14 05:58, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Control: tag -1 unreproducible
>
> On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 21:43 -0600, Elizabeth Myers wrote:
>> On 05/02/14 11:45, Ben Hutchings wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 12:17 -0500, Elizabeth Myers wrote:
>>>> Package: debian-installer
>>>> Version: wheezy
>>>> Severity: normal
>>>> Tags: d-i
>>>>
>>>> Debian's initrd.gz for debian-installer does not download ata-modules or sata-modules udebs, rendering the initrd useless on systems with AHCI controllers - more specifically, it will boot, but detect no disks.
>>>>
>>>> Many systems lack a legacy IDE mode and therefore this is a serious problem.
>>>>
>>>> I can attach other logfiles later, but the jist of it is that it doesn't even attempt to fetch the udebs.
>>> Presumably it has failed to detect the network controller, so it can't
>>> download anything.
>>>
>>> Please can you specify what network controller(s) this sytem has? The
>>> command 'lspci -vnn' should provide the model name and numeric ID for
>>> all PCI devices; look for 'Network controller' or 'Ethernet controller'.
>>>
>>> Ben.
>>>
>> No. That is not the problem. It has network. There is simply no
>> ata-modules or sata-modules references anywhere in the initrd. It never
>> downloads them because it doesn't know to get them.
> Funny, it works for everyone else.
>
> Ben.
>
1) If it's so funny, then how come I'm not laughing? Please don't be a snob.
2) http://dmytro.github.io/2012/06/21/debian_cobbler.html - the bug has
been there. It's only in the netboot installer. It doesn't include the
correct udebs, period, nor does it download them. Even grep -r of the
entire initrd reveals it doesn't know where to get them.
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