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Re: Net boot auto install failure with "No device for installation media was detected"



On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 08:02:20PM -0700, Shane Gibson wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> We have an automated installation system that has been humming along
> beautifully from Debian 6 through 10.  Recently attempted to add support of
> net boot/pxe and autoinstall via d-i of Debian 11.4.0.  Our current Boot
> arguments and preseed config is producing a stop error of:
> 
> "No device for installation media was detected."

My guess:   New hardware.

 
> I saw notes that there should be netinst changes to boot and preseed
> directives - but I have been unable to unearth the changes.   Any pointers
> to documentation about the boot and preseed directive changelog changes, or
> any other hints related to this error message are greatly appreciated.   To
> date, I've spent a couple of days grubbing through searches, doc reading,
> etc... no dice.
> 
> For reference, the pxelinux boot directives and preseed that result in the
> above error message; are set to...  Note that the contents of the 11.4.0
> netinst ISO image are exploded out and available at the referenced preseed
> location 192.168.124.1:8091/debian-11/install
> 
> boot arguments:
> 
> DEFAULT debian-11-install
> PROMPT 0
> TIMEOUT 10
> LABEL debian-11-install
>   KERNEL debian-11/install/install.amd/vmlinuz
>   INITRD debian-11/install/install.amd/initrd.gz
> 
>   APPEND auto preseed/url=http://192.168.124.1:8091/machines/821ea995-4813-4b01-a28d-e63874fe9a26/seed


Please report back how a manual install goes.  As in: Share with the community
wether or not it is a netboot / preseed problem.



Regards
Geert Stappers
DD
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