Re: debian installer: no kernel modules found

[Federico Bruni <fede@inventati.org>]

Sorry for pushing, but I have to find a quick fix or I'll have to look 
for another building software.
Can anybody give me suggestions on how to install a daily version of 
d-i?

I've looked at the logs of last linux package in testing, which was 
released on 16th of november:
http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/l/linux-signed/linux-signed_3.2_changelog

So installing this version of d-i should be a good guess?
https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/i386/20161117-00:48/

But still I don't know how.

Thanks in advance
Federico

Il giorno ven 9 dic 2016 alle 9:45, Federico Bruni <fede@inventati.org> 
ha scritto:
> Nope, still the same issue after updating d-i preseed.cfg.
> Can anybody reproduce the error by downloading this branch of my 
> project?
> https://github.com/fedelibre/LilyDev/tree/v5.0
>
> I found this recent report:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2016/04/msg00367.html
>
> where it's suggested to use d-i daily... the problem is how to know 
> which daily version has the exact kernel version of the kernel in 
> testing.
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Federico
>
> Il giorno ven 9 dic 2016 alle 8:31, Federico Bruni 
> <fede@inventati.org> ha scritto:
> > Ok, I think that I got it.
> >
> > Here's the kernel version on the system which generated the ISO:
> > $ uname -a
> > Linux lilypond 4.8.0-1-686-pae #1 SMP Debian 4.8.7-1 (2016-11-13) 
> > i686 GNU/Linux
> >
> > $ grep linux myimage-i386.contents
> > [cut]
> > /pool/main/l/linux-signed/btrfs-modules-4.8.0-1-686-di_4.8.7-1_i386.udeb
> > /pool/main/l/linux-signed/btrfs-modules-4.8.0-1-686-pae-di_4.8.7-1_i386.udeb
> > /pool/main/l/linux-signed/crc-modules-4.8.0-1-686-di_4.8.7-1_i386.udeb
> > /pool/main/l/linux-signed/crc-modules-4.8.0-1-686-pae-di_4.8.7-1_i386.udeb
> > [cut]
> >
> > but if I open a shell in the installer I see kernel 4.7.0-1.
> >
> > Ah, it's probably because I forgot to update this line in my 
> > preseed.cfg:
> >
> >  d-i mirror/suite string jessie
> >
> > from jessie to stretch
> >
> >
> > Il giorno gio 8 dic 2016 alle 17:45, Federico Bruni 
> > <fede@inventati.org> ha scritto:
> > > Hi all
> > >
> > > I've upgraded from live-build 4 to version 5 in testing.
> > > I've built a new image and when I try to install it I get an error 
> > > about kernel modules not being installed. It never happened 
> > > before.
> > >
> > > Do you think that it's a bug of debian-installer?
> > > I found this old report which is exactly what happened to me:
> > > https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=749991
> > >
> > > ## Error message ##
> > >
> > > "No kernel modules were found.  This probably is due to a mismatch 
> > > between the kernel used by this version of the installer and the 
> > > kernel version available in the archive."
> > >
> > > "If you're installing from a mirror, you can work around this 
> > > problem by choosing to install a different version of Debian.  
> > > The install will probably fail to work if you continue without 
> > > kernel modules."
> > >
> > > "Continue to install without loading kernel modules?"
> > >
> > > #####################
> > >
> > > Thanks for any hint
> > > Federico