autoinstall problems

[xavier renaut <list.debian-user@natch.dyndns.org>]

Hello,

I'm having trouble installing debian with the autoinstall tool

first,

when i stick in the  boot-autoinstall disk,
after finishing booting,
it writes :

>loading configuration from boot floppy ... zcat : couldn't write
>done.


i don't know what was wrong,
here is the python line :

        if os.path.exists("/bootfloppy/conf.tgz"):
            runcmd("/bin/sh -c 'cd /etc; zcat /bootfloppy/conf.tgz | tar -x -f -'")
        elif os.path.isdir("/bootfloppy/conf"):
            runcmd("cp /bootfloppy/conf/* /etc")
        else:
            print "\nERROR: Configuration files not found!  Cannot continue."
            killsystem()


i don't know how it could find the config files or if it
even succeed accessing them.

is there a way to print more debug info (ala $! in perl ?)

is there a way to spawn a shell from the installer to check how
things are going ?


also,

ide-scsi is a mandatory module ?

from the python script :

    scsimods = ["ide-scsi"]

from the install screen :

loading scsi module: ide-scsi
modprobe : can't locate module ide-scsi
EXCEPTION DETECTED !

it is mandatory ? the docs don't talk much about it.

(i reported a bug about that, not sure if it was relevant)


thanks



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xavier renaut, 514 906 1212 x226