Bug#474737: (no subject)

Hmm, thinking more about this... It seems the debian installer uses two sources for modules. Those coming in from initrd (already in /lib/modules/...) and those being loaded from udeb packages. What I have done is booting with a netboot kernel and initrd (having no disk modules) and then acce

Bug#474737: Still not working: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

1) I have succeeded with network boot / network install with etch-r3. I have "patched" the netboot initrd with ide modules stolen from debian-40r3-i386-DVD-1.iso. Not nice but it works. 2) Trying with recent debian version still fails. Kernel and initrd is from http://people.debian.org/~jo

Bug#474737: Still not working: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

> This really is total nonsense. > It's in /lib/modules//kernel/drivers/ide/pci/ and is present for > both the Etch and Lenny installer. Sorry, no :-( More precisely: Within debian-LennyBeta2-i386-netinst.iso there is a initrd.gz (size 4294684) containing lib/modules/2.6.24-1-486/kernel/

Bug#474737: Still not working: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

I have tried a recent version of netinst and it still is missing the piix module. iso image: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r5/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r5-i386-netinst.iso Markus -- GMX Download-Spiele: Preizsturz! Alle Puzzle-Spiele Deluxe über 60% billiger. http://games.entertainment.

Bug#474737: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

> I asked you to try the piix module, not the ata_piix module! Oh sorry, my mistake. But there is no piix. A "find /lib/modules -name *piix*" (console Alt+F2) gives only .../scsi/ata_piix.ko > > No, the problem is in the kernel drivers. Ok, of course. What I meant, it is the presence of a ide

Bug#474737: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

> Problem seems to be that the piix module is not getting loaded, which is > needed for your IDE controller. > What happens if you try to modprobe that manually? There are two ways to load: Selecting ata_piix on driver menu on (console 1) or with "modprobe ata_piix" on console 2. But nothings he

Bug#474737: Etch netboot installer does not detect ide harddisk

Package: installation-reports Boot method: network Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/initrd.gz http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386/linux