On Sun, 2014-07-27 at 09:58 -0500, Scott Coil wrote: > Perhaps this bug is filed under the incorrect package, however, I still > believe this to be a bug as it is impossible to install in a detached > environment using the distributed ISO. Neither the udeb's provided by > the ISO or the netboot initrd provide the scsi_transport_spi module > which is needed to install in an ESX environment. > > Mirroring the upstream repo is undesirable as I need a static set of > package versions. I should be able to serve the mounted ISO to PXE > install, but due to this missing module I am unable to do so.
I don't think this is a supported installation method. You should
either use the netboot image and provide access to a mirror (not an ISO
image), or use one of the CD/DVD images.
> As far as I see, the answer is to either add the module to the initrd
> or add the udeb to the ISO. Adding to the ISO seems more ideal to me as
> it keeps the size of the initrd down.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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