Re: hard disk installation method fails^^^^^is working

2023-02-19 Thread David Wright
On Sat 18 Feb 2023 at 15:27:29 (+0800), lsg wrote: > i think error msg i report is precise, i use cell phone to record screen, > > https://pan.baidu.com/s/1a5ADqn1aXo5XmwcDSjVezQ?pwd=1234 > > this url is valid for 7 days, i am sorry picture isn't very clear. > installer search disk for iso file,

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 14:05:20 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > Oops. I was talking about grub, you about the initrd. Sorry for the > confusion. I did some more testing. I have three machines set up for testing this setup. dti386: virtual machine, 1 GB memory, pentium2 processor. It will run all th

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 19:09:39 + Brian wrote: > loop.ko is a kernel module. It is needed to mount an > installer ISO to access its contents. But it is not > present in the installer's initrd. lsinitramfs reveals > that fact. The first email at #724931 has it right: Oops. I was talking about gr

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Brian
On Sat 18 Feb 2023 at 09:06:11 -0700, Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:55:03 +0700 > Max Nikulin wrote: > > > Due to the following message I am confused if it should work for > > Debian: > > > > Brian to debian-user. Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk > > method) Thu,

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 18:55:03 +0700 Max Nikulin wrote: > Due to the following message I am confused if it should work for > Debian: > > Brian to debian-user. Re: problem with loading installer (hard disk > method) Thu, 29 Dec 2022 17:42:59 +. > https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/?m=291220

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Brian
On Sat 18 Feb 2023 at 18:55:03 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > On 18/02/2023 12:26, Charles Curley wrote: > > menuentry "Install Debian 12 OS (preseeded)" { > > set root='hd0,msdos5' > > set isofile=/firmware-testing-i386-netinst.iso > > insmod part_msdos > > insmod loopback > >

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-18 Thread Max Nikulin
On 18/02/2023 12:26, Charles Curley wrote: menuentry "Install Debian 12 OS (preseeded)" { set root='hd0,msdos5' set isofile=/firmware-testing-i386-netinst.iso insmod part_msdos insmod loopback loopback loop (hd0,msdos5)$isofile linux (loop)/install.386/vmlinuz auto=t

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread lsg
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Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread lsg
Thank David Wright very much! i think error msg i report is precise, i use cell phone to record screen, https://pan.baidu.com/s/1a5ADqn1aXo5XmwcDSjVezQ?pwd=1234 this url is valid for 7 days, i am sorry picture isn't very clear. installer search disk for iso file, can't find suitable one, and d

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread David Wright
On Fri 17 Feb 2023 at 22:26:56 (-0700), Charles Curley wrote: > On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 12:05:11 +0800 > lsg wrote: > > > Really? i am afraid vmlinuz and initrd pair in iso file don't include > > program that search disk for iso file, as pair in hd-media directory > > does > > > > Debian11.6/main/i

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 12:05:11 +0800 lsg wrote: > Really? i am afraid vmlinuz and initrd pair in iso file don't include > program that search disk for iso file, as pair in hd-media directory > does > > Debian11.6/main/installer-amd64/current/images/hd-media > > though it's possible to boot iso f

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread David Wright
On Sat 18 Feb 2023 at 09:17:43 (+0800), lsg wrote: > On 2/17/23 22:29, Brian wrote: > > There isn't much you can do about this. It is usually a temporary > > issue thats happens after Linux kernel updates. The installer is > > now out of step. It gets automatically fixed after some time. > > > Tha

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread lsg
On 2/18/23 11:12, Charles Curley wrote: That wouldn't help. My method pulls the kernel and initrd from the iso itself. I got the same error you did. I used the weekly build, so I shall wait until the next build and see if that works. Really? i am afraid vmlinuz and initrd pair in iso file do

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 18 Feb 2023 09:17:43 +0800 lsg wrote: > it will be easier if i can determine if they match by matching file > name of iso file with that of vmlinuz and initrd pair (their file > names shall all include same version number) That wouldn't help. My method pulls the kernel and initrd from th

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread lsg
On 2/17/23 22:29, Brian wrote: There isn't much you can do about this. It is usually a temporary issue thats happens after Linux kernel updates. The installer is now out of step. It gets automatically fixed after some time. Thanks! i've thought updating iso image and hard disk installer are aut

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-17 Thread Brian
On Fri 17 Feb 2023 at 05:13:34 +0800, lsg wrote: > this is quite unbelievable, it's most widely-used platform: amd64 > > installer says "No kernel modules found", probably due to kernel mismatch > > debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso is at sdb1, vfat partition, i've checked it > with sha256sum > >

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-16 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 16 Feb 2023 23:57:31 -0500 lsg wrote: > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s04.en.html > > to reproduce my problem, you need 3 files: vmlinuz, initrd.gz and > corresponding iso file > > add entry to grub menu, boot it to see if it can locate iso file, > there is no need t

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-16 Thread lsg
On 2/16/23 22:10, Charles Curley wrote: You shouldn't need separate vmlinuz and initrd.gz files. You should be able to boot directly to the iso image. Depending on how talented your computer's firmware is, you may have to copy the iso image to sdb, not sdb1. E.g.: dd if=.iso of=/dev/sdX What in

Re: hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-16 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 17 Feb 2023 05:13:34 +0800 lsg wrote: > this is quite unbelievable, it's most widely-used platform: amd64 > > installer says "No kernel modules found", probably due to kernel > mismatch > > debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso is at sdb1, vfat partition, i've > checked it with sha256sum > >

hard disk installation method fails

2023-02-16 Thread lsg
this is quite unbelievable, it's most widely-used platform: amd64 installer says "No kernel modules found", probably due to kernel mismatch debian-11.6.0-amd64-netinst.iso is at sdb1, vfat partition, i've checked it with sha256sum vmlinuz and initrd.gz are copied from: http://ftp.sunet.se/de