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: [url]http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r5/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r5-i386-netinst.iso[/url]

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On Wednesday 29 October 2008, [email]markus.mbox@gmx.de[/email] wrote:[color=blue]
> I have tried a recent version of netinst and it still is missing the
> piix module.[/color]

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.
[color=blue]
> iso image:
> [url]http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r5/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r5-i386[/url]
>-netinst.iso[/color]

Stable updates are not likely to change anything major. If you really want
to try an updated image, either use the daily built images from [1] and
install lenny, or use an "etchnhalf" image [2] which installs etch, but
uses a newer kernel.

[1] [url]http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/[/url]
[2] [url]http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/debian-installer/etchnhalf[/url]



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> This really is total nonsense.[color=blue]
> It's in /lib/modules/<kvers>/kernel/drivers/ide/pci/ and is present for
> both the Etch and Lenny installer.[/color]

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/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. Don't know why this is called a "netinst" iso. One would expect netinst uses a network connection.

There also is a kernel / initrd.gz (size 5245043) pair in debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-installer/i386.

If you take this initrd.gz the installer initiates dhcp and network, as expected. But this initrd has no ide modules. There is only a ...drivers/ide/legacy directory. I you have a scsi disk there is no problem, but ide disks are not found.


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On Thursday 30 October 2008, [email]markus.mbox@gmx.de[/email] wrote:[color=blue][color=green]
> > 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.[/color]
>
> Sorry, no :-([/color]

Eh, YES!
[color=blue]
> 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.[/color]

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".
[color=blue]
> Don't know why this is called a "netinst" iso.
> One would expect netinst uses a network connection.[/color]

It does. Only the base system can be installed from the CD. All other
packages need to be downloaded from a network mirror.
[color=blue]
> There also is a kernel / initrd.gz (size 5245043) pair in
> debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/debian-in
>staller/i386.[/color]

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] [url]http://bugs.debian.org/474737#10[/url]
[2] [url]http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/[/url]



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