Bug#737750: debian-installer: Netboot initrd does not download ata-modules or sata-modules udebs

[Douglas Guptill <dguptill@accesswave.ca>]

On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 17:18:02 +0200 Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Douglas Guptill <dguptill@accesswave.ca> (2015-07-13):
> > On Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:45:30 -0600 Greg Bell <Greg.Bell@Artemech.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > I would like to mention that I've just hit this bug.
> > 
> > Me too.
> > 
> > My netboot install (wheezy) failed with 'no disk detected'.  The
> > netboot initrd does not have the sata drivers.
> > 
> >   Debian version:  7 (wheezy)
> >   Installer build: 20130613+deb7u2+b4
> > 
> > After adding them (from the kernel's initrd) the install succeeded.
> 
> Check /var/log/syslog (vt4), you should see them being downloaded on the
> fly. If that's the case, it's likely to be a version mismatch which
> makes them unusable. Feel free to attach the syslog file to get more
> eyes on it.

I believe you are correct; here are some entries from a later
successful install; in which I reverted to the original netboot initrd
file:

  Jul 14 05:54:58 main-menu[424]: INFO: Menu item 'choose-mirror' selected
  Jul 14 05:54:58 anna-install: Queueing udeb apt-mirror-setup for later installation
  Jul 14 05:55:00 anna[4168]: DEBUG: retrieving disk-detect 1.92
  Jul 14 05:55:00 anna[4168]: DEBUG: retrieving ata-modules-3.2.0-4-amd64-di 3.2.65-1
  Jul 14 05:55:01 anna[4168]: DEBUG: retrieving sata-modules-3.2.0-4-amd64-di 3.2.65-1

I suspect my initial problem occurred when the mirror entries in the
preseed file were faulty.  In that case, there would have been no
mirror to retrieve from.  (The machine is on an internal network.)

Sorry for the noise.

Regards,
Douglas
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Douglas Guptill      email: dguptill@accesswave.ca