The solution to the devmapper issue was simple: modprobe dm-mod
(that might have helped even with the sarge install discs). For the poor owners of laptops with usbfloppies and without bootable cdrom, the pxe-on-a-disk method will help a lot to get etch installed. Can that be documented in the installation manual for etch? Here are my notes: Download the PXE-on-a disk image: PXE-on-a-disk: ftp://ftp.scyld.com/private/jlehan/pxe-on-a-disk.html Get pxe-on-a-disk.tar.bz2 and extract it. Copy the pxe image on a floppy: dd if=pxe-on-a-disk.floppy of=/dev/fd0 ; sync Install an tftp server silverboxy:/opt# apt-get install tftpd-hpa (automatically adds to /etc/inet.d tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /var/lib/tftpboot ) Populate the tftpboot directory with the appropriate debian-installer files: wget http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-i386/rc1/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz cd /var/lib/tftpboot tar xvfz <dir to netboot>/netboot.tar.gz Add lines in dhcpd.conf (of a running dhcp server) /etc/dhcpd.conf: add one line for host topsi host topsi { filename "/pxelinux.0"; # for pxe boot hardware ethernet 08:00:46:0c:b2:b2; fixed-address 192.168.1.99; server-name "silverboxy"; option host-name "topsi"; } Booting the laptop from the pxe floppy should boot the laptop with the debian installer. Thanks, Rainer Am Montag, 4. Dezember 2006 14:20 schrieb Rainer Dorsch: > Hi Geert, > > booting into the etch installer works very well this way. Thus I have the > laptop now up with a > > topsi:~# uname -a > Linux topsi 2.6.17-2-486 #1 Wed Sep 13 15:56:30 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux > topsi:~# > > kernel from the debian installer for etch. The laptop has etch installed, > but grub/lilo are not setup correctly. > > When I run lilo (which worked before), I get: > > > topsi:~# lilo > /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found > Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel? > /dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device > Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver. > /proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found > Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel? > /dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device > Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver. > Incompatible libdevmapper 1.02.08 (2006-07-17)(compat) and kernel driver > Added Linux * > Fatal: open /vmlinuz.old: No such file or directory > topsi:~# > > grub runs probably on a similar issue: > > > topsi:~# grub-install /dev/hda > /dev/hda does not have any corresponding BIOS drive. > topsi:~# > > I am wondering, if the kernel on the etch d-i does not include the > device-mapper (?). And if yes, if the d-i grub also runs without device > mapper... > > Does that make any sense? > > Could I copy the boot directory of the laptop to the bootp server and boot > the regular etch kernel from there? > > Thanks, > Rainer > > Am Sonntag, 3. Dezember 2006 18:18 schrieb Geert Stappers: > > Op 02-12-2006 om 18:36 schreef Rainer Dorsch: > > > Hmm....good point, but I would be surprised, if booting from an usb > > > stick would work. It explicitly says in the BIOS floppy, there is no > > > usb stick option. I would be surprised, if an usb stick and a floppy > > > image look identical for the laptop (except the capacity). > > > > > > PXE does not work either. The vaio can boot from (USB) floppy drive, > > > (expensive bootable Sony) ATAPI CDDRIVE, hdd. > > > > To get PXE working, boot from a floppy from the etherboot project, > > or the universal one at > > ftp://ftp.scyld.com/private/jlehan/pxe-on-a-disk.html > > > > > > HtH > > GSt > > -- > Rainer Dorsch > Alzentalstr. 28 > D-71083 Herrenberg > 07032-919495 > jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > GPG Fingerprint: 5966 C54C 2B3C 42CC 1F4F 8F59 E3A8 C538 7519 141E > Full GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -- Rainer Dorsch Alzentalstr. 28 D-71083 Herrenberg 07032-919495 jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Fingerprint: 5966 C54C 2B3C 42CC 1F4F 8F59 E3A8 C538 7519 141E Full GPG key: http://pgp.mit.edu/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
