Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2019-03-13 Thread Christian Kastner
On Thu, 28 May 2015 15:26:05 +0100 Philip Hands wrote:> It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the > cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module, > nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO therein. This is an ancient

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-06-02 Thread Philip Hands
Brian Potkin claremont...@gmail.com writes: ... Is there a reason why iso-scan is *not* loaded? The author of iso-scan has this to say: iso-scan is part of the Debian installer[1]. However, it is only included in the hd-media initrd. There is no reason to include it on the regular

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-06-02 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Tue, Jun 02, 2015 at 01:21:40PM +0100, Philip Hands wrote: As Joey says, one doesn't need it if one is doing exactly what was envisioned with the images (i.e. dd-ing straight to the device) but it is very clear by now that other valid use cases exist. It is of course possible to work

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-06-01 Thread Brian Potkin
On Mon 01 Jun 2015 at 00:51:58 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: Hi Brian, Hello Norbert, On Sat, 30 May 2015, Brian Potkin wrote: On the other hand, #785512 is reporting a regression between the Jessie installer and some random, unknown, testing version for which documentation of any

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-06-01 Thread Christian Kastner
On 2015-06-01 14:52, Brian Potkin wrote: On Mon 01 Jun 2015 at 00:51:58 +0900, Norbert Preining wrote: There are at least three ways to boot a netinst ISO from a USB stick. An Hmm, I didn't find *one* that leaves the sstick useable for other things, and allows to boot into a variety of other

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-06-01 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Brian, On Mon, 01 Jun 2015, Brian Potkin wrote: [...] but put it down to things coming and going during the testing period. Ok, duly noted. (Un)happy coincidence that I used just one of those. Surely the method you describe on your blog and the use of the hd-media method allows this?

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-05-31 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Brian, On Sat, 30 May 2015, Brian Potkin wrote: On the other hand, #785512 is reporting a regression between the Jessie installer and some random, unknown, testing version for which documentation of any intentional change is lacking. Note that it is not Well, it is not *completely*

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-05-30 Thread Brian Potkin
On Sat 30 May 2015 at 11:19:17 +0200, Christian Kastner wrote: On Fri, 29 May 2015 12:32:13 +0900 Norbert Preining prein...@logic.at wrote: It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module, nor

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-05-30 Thread Christian Kastner
Hi, On Fri, 29 May 2015 12:32:13 +0900 Norbert Preining prein...@logic.at wrote: It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module, nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-05-28 Thread Norbert Preining
Hi Philip, It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module, nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO therein. Indeed, checking the initrd you mentioned I see the iso-scan and

Bug#785512: regression: cannot find iso image on usb stick any more

2015-05-28 Thread Philip Hands
Hi Norbert, I can confirm that this no longer works (as described). It looks to me as though we're missing iso-scan and load-iso from the cdrom target, and that as a result we neither include the loop module, nor do we attempt to mount the usb stick, nor look for the ISO therein. One can just