Re: Intrinsic problem with netinst.iso?
On 10/14/2021 01:54 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Mi, 13 oct 21, 13:18:07, Richard Owlett wrote:
What I see when Debian boots does not have any obvious conflict with what I
see. If the Linkzone is already plugged in when boot begins it appears to be
caught in a loop. As soon as the Linkzone is unplugged the boot completes as
expected. Plug it back back in and I have immediate internet access.
This is to be expected if the device presents itself as a storage device
and your computer is configured to try booting from USB first.
Clarifying observed sequence of states/events:
1. Computer power off.
2. Alcatel Linkzone powered up and connected to cellular network.
3. Independent of whether or not the Linkzone is plugged into the
computer, turning on computer power results in Grub menu appearing.
4. With the Linkzone plugged in, select a Grub menu entry.
5. "reset high-speed usb device number 3 using ehci-pci" is displayed
in an infinite loop until Linkzone is unplugged.
6. Debian then comes up normally.
7. Internet available as soon as Linkzone is connected.
On the final install the switching between storage and modem mode is
done by the usb-modeswitch package. For many devices this is just a
simple 'eject' command, others may need something more convoluted.
Does that consistent with what I just described?
In any case, you might be able to replicate the switch during the
install, assuming d-i doesn't already do this.
How?
*or*
Is there another question to be asked?
Kind regards,
Andrei
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