On 2008-09-09 23:11:13, Jérémy Bobbio wrote: > On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 03:29:42PM +0200, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote: > > How is one supposed to install from the network/PXE on such common > > hardware? > > You will need to add the firmware to the initrd.gz available on your > TFTP server. You can find it in the bnx2-firmware package in the > non-free section of the archive. Then use gzip and cpio to extract and > compress the image again: > > * Extract in current directory: > $ zcat /path/to/installer/initrd.gz | cpio -iv > > * Create a new image from the current directory: > $ find . -print0 | cpio -0 -H newc -ov | \ > gzip -c > /path/to/installer/initrd.gz >
I've tried this with the lenny installer daily build from today; on amd64. Installation works, but: - the firmware files on the installed system (in /lib/firmware) are owned by the initial user, not by root. - the firmware-bnx2 package is not installed, those files are not claimed by any package. I wonder how they will get updated, if needed? Are these known issues or shall I write a bug report? (Didn't find any bugs against debian-installer, but then that may be the wrong package?) BTW, the manual [1] doesn't seem to contain this info yet, may be this should be added at some point? Chris [1] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.amd64/ -- Christian Hofstädtler InQnet GmbH, Praterstrasse 31, Vienna, Austria -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]