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Bug#705748: marked as done (missing CIFS support on install )

Your message dated Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:36:53 +0200
with message-id <51790745.50004@progress-technologies.net>
and subject line Re: missing CIFS support on install
has caused the Debian Bug report #705748,
regarding missing CIFS support on install 
to be marked as done.

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When installing i.e.
debian-live-6.0.6-i386-gnome-desktop.iso
debian-live-6.0.6-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso
etc...

/live/initrd.img does not include CIFS support
CIFS is very handy when PXE booting Debian live from Windows OSs as Serva does it here.
http://vercot.com/~serva/an/NonWindowsPXE3.html

Serva solves the problem by loading a complementary initrd containing/installing:

des_generic.ko
md4.ko
cifs.ko
mount.cif

these files are all originally taken from the corresponding filesystem.squashfs

Serva also patches /script/live adding support for the command line variable "ipby",i.e. ipby=dhcp, ipby=bootp, solving some problems with some DHCP servers

I hope you guys can add CIFS support on future Debian install systems then Windows users will not need complementary initrd files when PXE booting Debian.

Please let me know if I wasn't clear enough on my description.

Best,
Patrick

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the iso images do not necessarily contain cifs, that depends on the
package selection defined by tasksel.

if your intention is to pxe boot a live system, just use the netboot
flavour which is exactely made for that purpose and does include,
amongst others, cifs. see live-manual on how to use and setup pxe
with/for debian-live.

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