Bug#774620: debian-installer: scsi_transport_spi.ko is missing on the amd64 netboot image
Package: debian-installer
Version: 20130613+deb7u2
Severity: important
Tags: d-i
The debian-installer netboot image on wheezy is missing the module
"./lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_spi.ko"
which
makes the mptspi module (which is used by VMWare virtual controller among
others) unloadable with "Unknown symbol" errors on the dmesg resulting
on the
installer unable to detect the disk(s).
As a side note, both the i386 netboot and the amd64 classic netinstall
images contains the module.
Taking the module from the netinstall amd64 iso and
putting it on the initrd image solves the problem and the installer
works fine
then.
It seems that the file has been missing for quite a long time :
https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2011/03/msg00233.html
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