floppy.ko for alpha is in the kernel image deb file, debian-10.0-alpha-NETINST-1.iso/iso9660://pool-alpha/main/l/linux/linux-image-5.5.0-1-alpha-smp_5.5.13-2_alpha.deb/deb://CONTENTS/lib/modules/5.5.0-1-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/block
but it is not present in any udeb file, or in the debian-10.0-alpha-NETINST-1.iso/iso9660://boot/initrd.gz/gunzip://ucpio://lib/modules/5.5.0-1-alpha-generic/kernel/drivers/block It should be relatively easy to put it there manually (unpack, repack), or fix the iso build scripts to include it too. On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 13:30, Darren Goossens <[email protected]> wrote: > > For reference, the recipe at: > > The recipe at https://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2019/11/msg00033.html > > for adding firmware to the install disk did indeed work. > > I booted with the modified install disk in the SCSI CD drive and the original > in a second IDE CDROM drive that runs on a PCI card. While the installer > could not see the SCSI CDROM drive with the install disk in it once control > was handed over from the initial boot (step where it looks for install media > initially failed), it could see the IDE CDROM and then switched to that for > the rest of the install. > > Worked well. > >
