On 23/02/14 05:58, Ben Hutchings wrote: > Control: tag -1 unreproducible > > On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 21:43 -0600, Elizabeth Myers wrote: >> On 05/02/14 11:45, Ben Hutchings wrote: >>> On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 12:17 -0500, Elizabeth Myers wrote: >>>> Package: debian-installer >>>> Version: wheezy >>>> Severity: normal >>>> Tags: d-i >>>> >>>> Debian's initrd.gz for debian-installer does not download ata-modules or >>>> sata-modules udebs, rendering the initrd useless on systems with AHCI >>>> controllers - more specifically, it will boot, but detect no disks. >>>> >>>> Many systems lack a legacy IDE mode and therefore this is a serious >>>> problem. >>>> >>>> I can attach other logfiles later, but the jist of it is that it doesn't >>>> even attempt to fetch the udebs. >>> Presumably it has failed to detect the network controller, so it can't >>> download anything. >>> >>> Please can you specify what network controller(s) this sytem has? The >>> command 'lspci -vnn' should provide the model name and numeric ID for >>> all PCI devices; look for 'Network controller' or 'Ethernet controller'. >>> >>> Ben. >>> >> No. That is not the problem. It has network. There is simply no >> ata-modules or sata-modules references anywhere in the initrd. It never >> downloads them because it doesn't know to get them. > Funny, it works for everyone else. > > Ben. > 1) If it's so funny, then how come I'm not laughing? Please don't be a snob.
2) http://dmytro.github.io/2012/06/21/debian_cobbler.html - the bug has been there. It's only in the netboot installer. It doesn't include the correct udebs, period, nor does it download them. Even grep -r of the entire initrd reveals it doesn't know where to get them. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
