I tried install with a cd rom image on USB and it worked! So I tried the pxe boot image again, went through the logs and looks like the scsi modules are missing in the netboot tar gz.
630: anna[1750]: DEBUG: resolver (scsi-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64-di): package doesn't exist (ignored) [anshup@isis in]$ grep -inr scsi-modules var/lib/dpkg/status Same thing on the cd initrd gives.. [anshup@isis in]$ grep -inr scsi-modules ../../cd/in/var/lib/dpkg/status 126:Package: scsi-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64-di 129:Provides: scsi-modules [anshup@isis in]$ cat var/lib/dpkg/status |grep scsi|grep Pack Package: scsi-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64-di Package: scsi-common-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64-di Package: scsi-core-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64-di [anshup@isis in]$ cat ../../netboot/in/var/lib/dpkg/status |grep scsi|grep Pack Package: scsi-core-modules-2.6.32-5-amd64-di so issue is with the netboot initrd missing scsi modules I guess? I ve attached the syslog files in netboot vs cd-through-usb cases regards Anshu Prateek syslog.pxe.txt <http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/file/n2902234/syslog.pxe.txt> syslog.cd.usb.txt <http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/file/n2902234/syslog.cd.usb.txt> -- View this message in context: http://debian.2.n7.nabble.com/Bug-704138-No-disk-drive-was-detected-during-install-tp2901735p2902234.html Sent from the Debian Boot mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

