On Thursday 30 October 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This really is total nonsense. > > It's in /lib/modules/<kvers>/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/ and is present > > for both the Etch and Lenny installer. > > Sorry, no :-(
Eh, YES! > More precisely: Within debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso there is a > initrd.gz (size 4294684) containing > lib/modules/2.6.24-1-486/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/piix.ko. Ok, looks > good. > > But with this initrd the installer tries is to access a CD/DVD drive > and fails without it. Great. So instead of wasting our time trying to convince us that we don't know what we're talking about, why don't you try my suggestions from [1] and actually give some meaningfull info about what happens when you load the different drivers manually? You also never sent the log for an installation on the "real hardware". > Don't know why this is called a "netinst" iso. > One would expect netinst uses a network connection. It does. Only the base system can be installed from the CD. All other packages need to be downloaded from a network mirror. > There also is a kernel / initrd.gz (size 5245043) pair in > debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-in >staller/i386. That image is currently broken as documented in the top news item on [2]. You will get a big fat warning that "no corresponding kernel module udebs can be found". Have you just ignored that? Please use a daily built image until RC1 is released. The fact that it does not contain piix is correct. In fact, a netboot initrd does not contain _any_ disk drivers, only network and USB, simply because it does not need to. The disk drivers are loaded later in the installation from a mirror. When you use a daily built netboot image instead and look again during or after the disk detection step, you _will_ see the module. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/474737#10 [2] http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
