On Tue, 2013-03-26 at 21:41 +0000, Mike wrote: > Control: retitle -1 UEFI USB stick installation fails to detect its media on > a USB 3.0 port > > As mentioned in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=703469 , > I was able to install by booting without EFI. While having problems > getting that system to recognize a USB stick that I plugged in, it > occurred to me that I was using one of the USB 3.0 ports. A USB 2.0 > port recognizes the device. > > Applying the same idea to this bug, I got the d-i to work just as well > in EFI mode on a USB 2.0 port. I booted the existing system by choosing > "F9 Boot Device Options" from the "Startup Menu", then "External USB > Hard Drive" (as opposed to "USB Hard Drive 1 - ..."). I stopped after > configuring the network, since I don't want to destroy the system I've > already installed. > > So the remaining issue is that the d-i doesn't find the installation > media in a USB 3.0 port.
The installer certainly includes the xHCI (USB 3.0 controller) driver. However, the lspci output you attached to #703469 shows that the xHCI does not have a driver bound to it. Perhaps the kernel log (from dmesg) would explain why. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings I'm not a reverse psychological virus. Please don't copy me into your sig.
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