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

[john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com>]

On 7/21/2022 5:02 AM, 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."
>
> 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.

I'm not quite sure to understand your set up, so my answer/feedback
might not be what you are looking for.


PXE booting will use the network to boot the machine and preseeding to
install Debian.
You could use a cacher proxy (EG: 'apt-cacher-ng') to avoid fetching
everytime from the internet.


To me the issue you are seeing might be coming from the fact that you
are exploding/using an ISO file in the first place.

--
John Doe