Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-26 Thread Fred Boiteux
    Thanks Steve for this clear explanation, I understand now better how installer is working :-)   ! For my need, I can't get a full Debian mirror for disk space consideration and lack of Internet access, I must stay with my DVD-1 mirror, so I've look how to modify netboot's initrd.gz to add

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 05:51:33PM +0200, Fred Boiteux wrote: >    Hello Steve, > >[ I don't know if I have to CC: to the bug report, so not doing it, please >feel free to correct me ] [ re-adding the CC :-) ] >I'm trying to install a Debian 10 Buster on a VM, booted by network boot, >hosted on

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-23 Thread Steve McIntyre
Hi Fred, On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 10:24:32AM +0200, Fred Boiteux wrote: > >Looking at first Buster installation DVD's contents >(debian-10.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso found in >https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/), I can't find >this scsi-modules--di  package : Ah, you won't - the

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-23 Thread Fred Boiteux
    Hello, Looking at first Buster installation DVD's contents (debian-10.1.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso found in https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-dvd/), I can't find this scsi-modules--di  package : $ find /var/www/html/buster_debian_installer/ -name \*-modules-4.19.0-6\* |

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-20 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 03:19:04PM +0100, Ben Hutchings wrote: > On Fri, 2019-09-20 at 09:06 +0200, Fred Boiteux wrote: > > ... and has access to a distribution mirror (copy of DVD-1 of Debian > > Buster 10.1), but the debian-installer can't detect VM disk to be > > partitionned??? I don't know

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Fri, 2019-09-20 at 09:06 +0200, Fred Boiteux wrote: > Le 20/09/2019 à 07:21, Bastian Blank a écrit : > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:56:55PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > > The netboot tarball misses virtio block drivers. > > > This makes it unnessecary tiresome > > > to install Debian VMs on

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-20 Thread Fred Boiteux
Le 20/09/2019 à 07:21, Bastian Blank a écrit : On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:56:55PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: The netboot tarball misses virtio block drivers. This makes it unnessecary tiresome to install Debian VMs on not-Internet-connected server. This is intentional. netboot is for

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-19 Thread Bastian Blank
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 10:56:55PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > The netboot tarball misses virtio block drivers. > This makes it unnessecary tiresome > to install Debian VMs on not-Internet-connected server. This is intentional. netboot is for booting from _network_. On the network you got a

Bug#940801: missing virtio block Kernel Objects

2019-09-19 Thread Geert Stappers
Package: debian-installer Hi, The netboot tarball misses virtio block drivers. This makes it unnessecary tiresome to install Debian VMs on not-Internet-connected server. More information in next email. This email is creating the bugreport. Groeten Geert Stappers -- Leven en laten leven