Just a quick note: for internal testeing of our built installer we use a netboot setup where we boot from the CD (we auto-mount the ISO image. This can also be done manually, of course)
The initrd of the network boot lacks a number of modules that are found in the CD installer's initrd: IDE modules. Thus it will fail to identify IDE disks. In order to add them, simply add to the profiles/default.dowloads (or <profile>.downloads) the lines: # Extra kernel modules to allow network installation from the CD media: ide-core-modules-2.6.17-2-486-di ide-modules-2.6.17-2-486-di A few more words regarding the network boot setup: we use pxe (some of the older systems are booted using etherboot pxe.img) . The specific lines from pxelinux.cfg: LABEL install-etch KERNEL debian-installer/linux.etch APPEND initrd=debian-installer/initrd.etch.gz vga=normal preseed/url=http://ourserver/netinst/preseed/etch.cfg -- linux.etch and initrd.etch.gz are the "linux" and "initrd" files from the netboot directories of the Debian installer.The pathes are relative to pxelinux.0 (or is it to the tftp root?) The preseed file is currently: d-i preseed/include string ../cds/etch/simple-cdd/default.preseed #d-i mirror/suite select etch # network installer mirror: d-i mirror/country string enter information manually d-i mirror/http/hostname string ourserver d-i mirror/http/directory string /netinst/cds/etch d-i mirror/http/proxy string -- Tzafrir Cohen icq#16849755 jabber:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +972-50-7952406 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xorcom.com iax:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/tzafrir -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
