Bug#688744: ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer
On Tue 25 Sep 2012 at 20:50:21 +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote: Quoting Brian Potkin (claremont...@gmail.com): You can use your ext2 formatted flash drive but you have to be sneaky. Before detecting the network hardware do Detect disks, followed by modprobe ext2 and mount -text2 /dev/sdXn /media Then back to Detect network hardware. Indeed, mountmedia could easily try to mount an ext2|ext3|ext4 device: if ! ( media_mounted checkcontents $MNT ); then # Special case for an already mounted /hd-media. if [ -d /hd-media ] checkcontents /hd-media; then mount --bind /hd-media /media exit 0 fi if ! grep -q ^vfat /proc/modules ; then log-output -t mountmedia modprobe -q vfat || true fi the modprobe ext2 command could be attempted there. Of course, that needs to be sure the ext2 module is already available. It seens this is what you detect disk trick is about, am I right? It is, but I hadn't quite realised that until you pointed out above how mountmedia is involved. Thanks. The first time detecting network hardware is tried the ext2, ext3 and ext4 modules get listed in modules.dep. So Detect disks isn't at all necessary before doing a modprobe and a mount. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120926170021.GA16983@desktop
Bug#688744: ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer
Package: debian-installer Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[E] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup:[ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Overall install:[E] Comments: During installation missing firmware bnx2 was reported. Installer was unable to copy firmware from EXT2 formatted USB flash. Also, dialog screen does not mention supported filesystems. I do not use windows (almost), and because of that fact do not have any FAT16 formatted USB flash. Only ext2. USB flash drives larger than 2 Gb are common. And formatting USB flash as ext2 allows to carry DVD image files larger than 4 gb. Mentioning FAT16 or FAT32 in dialog screen should be easy. Ext2 support could be nice also. Gasha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/50618b20.4040...@pie-dabas.net
Bug#688744: ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer
On Tue 25 Sep 2012 at 13:44:48 +0300, Gasha wrote: During installation missing firmware bnx2 was reported. Installer was unable to copy firmware from EXT2 formatted USB flash. Also, dialog screen does not mention supported filesystems. Section 6.4. of the Installation Guide points out that a FAT-formatted USB stick is required. My experience is that the ext2/3/4 module is not available at that stage of the install but the vfat module is. I do not use windows (almost), and because of that fact do not have any FAT16 formatted USB flash. Only ext2. USB flash drives larger than 2 Gb are common. And formatting USB flash as ext2 allows to carry DVD image files larger than 4 gb. Mentioning FAT16 or FAT32 in dialog screen should be easy. Ext2 support could be nice also. You can use your ext2 formatted flash drive but you have to be sneaky. Before detecting the network hardware do Detect disks, followed by modprobe ext2 and mount -text2 /dev/sdXn /media Then back to Detect network hardware. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120925130004.GA12029@desktop
Re: Bug#688744: ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer
There is another catch: after firmware installation, usb flash remains as sda1, forcing system disk to become sdb. and that prevents GRUB2 from installation onto correct drive. booting into recovery mode, and doing grub-install /dev/sdb fixed that. Maybe it is good idea to remove flash, after firmware install? And before partitioning. I'll test that next time... G On 09/25/2012 04:00 PM, Brian Potkin wrote: On Tue 25 Sep 2012 at 13:44:48 +0300, Gasha wrote: During installation missing firmware bnx2 was reported. Installer was unable to copy firmware from EXT2 formatted USB flash. Also, dialog screen does not mention supported filesystems. Section 6.4. of the Installation Guide points out that a FAT-formatted USB stick is required. My experience is that the ext2/3/4 module is not available at that stage of the install but the vfat module is. I do not use windows (almost), and because of that fact do not have any FAT16 formatted USB flash. Only ext2. USB flash drives larger than 2 Gb are common. And formatting USB flash as ext2 allows to carry DVD image files larger than 4 gb. Mentioning FAT16 or FAT32 in dialog screen should be easy. Ext2 support could be nice also. You can use your ext2 formatted flash drive but you have to be sneaky. Before detecting the network hardware do Detect disks, followed by modprobe ext2 and mount -text2 /dev/sdXn /media Then back to Detect network hardware. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5061aded.9040...@pie-dabas.net
Bug#688744: ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer
reassign 688744 mountmedia thanks Quoting Brian Potkin (claremont...@gmail.com): You can use your ext2 formatted flash drive but you have to be sneaky. Before detecting the network hardware do Detect disks, followed by modprobe ext2 and mount -text2 /dev/sdXn /media Then back to Detect network hardware. Indeed, mountmedia could easily try to mount an ext2|ext3|ext4 device: if ! ( media_mounted checkcontents $MNT ); then # Special case for an already mounted /hd-media. if [ -d /hd-media ] checkcontents /hd-media; then mount --bind /hd-media /media exit 0 fi if ! grep -q ^vfat /proc/modules ; then log-output -t mountmedia modprobe -q vfat || true fi the modprobe ext2 command could be attempted there. Of course, that needs to be sure the ext2 module is already available. It seens this is what you detect disk trick is about, am I right? Anyway, reassigning to the mountmedia package, which this bug pertains to, I think. -- signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Processed: Re: Bug#688744: ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: reassign 688744 mountmedia Bug #688744 [debian-installer] ext2 support for USB removable media in debian-installer Bug reassigned from package 'debian-installer' to 'mountmedia'. Ignoring request to alter found versions of bug #688744 to the same values previously set Ignoring request to alter fixed versions of bug #688744 to the same values previously set thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. -- 688744: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=688744 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/handler.s.c.134859904128884.transcr...@bugs.debian.org
