On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 17:45 +0000, 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.
That would normally result in a prompt to pick a network controller driver I think? In any case nic issues is an avenue worth exploring. Ian. > > 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. > > -- > Ben Hutchings > Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
