Re: Netinstall can't detect disk controller

["Jonathan Quick" <jon@hartrao.ac.za>]

Hi Tiberiu

That's the version that worked for me, so I'm not sure what is wrong.  The
fact that an install DVD works, suggests it is something like that.  You need
to make sure that the kernel udebs on the mirror that you downloads from are
also from the same Debian kernel version.  With the CD/DVD they will always
match as they are embedded in the installation media.

In my case it was the 'ata_piix' module that was missing - your problem may be
different.

Regards
  Jon

On Wed, December 24, 2014 12:07 pm, Tiberiu Popescu wrote:
> Hi Jon,
>
> I tried again with version 20130613+deb7u2+b3 and the controller is still
> not recognized.
>
>
> 2014-12-24 10:54 GMT+02:00 Jonathan Quick <jon@hartrao.ac.za>:
>
>> Hi Tiberiu
>>
>> On Wed, December 24, 2014 10:46 am, Tiberiu Popescu wrote:
>> > I don't understand why this is happening. Isn't the net installer
>> supposed
>> > to get all the necessary files from a mirror and act just like a normal
>> > installation image?
>> > When using a PXE boot server what is the procedure for finding the
>> correct
>> > disk controller driver and providing it to the net installer?
>>
>> One of the recent wheezy point releases included a kernel where certain
>> disk
>> controller modules were missing.  If you happen to have installed that
>> image
>> on your PXE server, then you will have the issue you described - I know
>> since
>> I ran into this myself.  Simply upgrade to the latest installer images from
>> the Debian mirrors and the problem will go away.
>>
>> Regards
>>   Jon
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Tiberiu
>