Hi Robert,
After digging a bit, I think my issue lies with the APT source I used.
At work (ESXi host), netboot works because it points to a proper apt-
mirror.
On the other hand, at home I frankenbuilt mine using the DVD iso and
specifying debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated=true. I retried after
pointing the APT mirror to, say, deb.debian.org, and everything went back
to normal.
So my advice is, can you check if your source http://spacewalk-
test.swr.ard/ks/dist/org/1/Debian_Stretch/ was done properly?
For reference, here were results for booting from borrowed initrd from DVD.
In those tests, /dev/sda is successfully listed.
in dmesg, after bsg has loaded:
- lsilogic:
Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.20
Fusion MPT SPI Host driver 3.04.20
- lsisas1068:
Fusion MPT base driver 3.04.20
Fusion MPT SAS Host driver 3.04.20
- pvscsi:
VMware PVSCSI driver - version 1.0.7.0-k
/proc/modules yields a few ata modules, and depending on scsi controller in
vmx:
- lsilogic: mptspi, scsi_transport_spi, mptscsih, mptbase, scsi_mod
- lsisas1068: mptsas, scsi_transport_sas, mptscsih, mptbase, scsi_mod
- pvscsi: vmw_pcscsi, scsi_mod
- ide0 vmdk attachment (removed SCSI controller): scsi_mod
Mit freundlichen gruessen,
Marc
On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Paschedag, Robert
wrote:
> Hi Marc,
>
> which driver module has been used within your tests? In my version of
netboot.tar.gz (initrd), the modules for LSI controllers (mptspi) were
missing.
>
> So even on a simple VMware VM, no disks have been detected.
>
> Regards,
> Robert
>
> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von: Marc N [mailto:de...@rasqual.e4ward.com]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 2. August 2017 13:38
> An: Steve McIntyre ; Cyril Brulebois ;
867...@bugs.debian.org
> Cc: Paschedag, Robert ; debian-
ker...@lists.debian.org; debian-cd@lists.debian.org
> Betreff: Re: Bug#867898: debian-installer-netboot-images: debian-
installer-9-netboot-amd64 scsi modules missing. Netboot image unusable
>
> Hello all,
>
> Steve, what is the suggested resolution then?
> For testing, I booted the initrd's and kernels extracted from standard
DVD and netboot iso's via PXE. While they cannot progress further for
obvious reasons, by switching to tty2, /dev/sda does appear in the listing.
Those do ship with the correct modules.
>
> 1/ What would be the negative aspect of removing the scsi modules from
the
> exclude-udeb-* lists, following the package mergers mentioned before?
>
> 2/ Also, I'm not too familiar with how the netboot is constructed, is
there another way to have these drivers bundled in the netboot tar.gz
(CONF.sh?)?
>
> Best regards,
> Marc
>
