Re: PXE netinst: No disk drive was detected. (Re: Recent Debian Preseed Error: Logical Volume Manager not available)
On Feb 1, 2012, at 12:10 AM, Bob Proulx wrote: I posted the solution elsewhere in this thread. But since I changed the subject it will confuse some mail readers and therefore will add an additional follow-up here. The solution is that the netboot.tar.gz files need to be in sync with the udebs in the new point release. Update the tftp pxe boot server with updated netboot.tar.gz file contents and the problem is solved. I had some off-list conversations with the helpful Bob Proulx and just wanted to confirm in the thread that this was the cause of the problems. So if you get this error or an error that a hard drive could not be found make sure your netboot image and the udebs you download from your debian mirror are both from the same release version. My preseed system is working great again. Preseed is awesome, great job d-i team. -Chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/8e9f9bc3-597a-4fd9-b984-675dfe207...@salk.edu
Re: PXE netinst: No disk drive was detected. (Re: Recent Debian Preseed Error: Logical Volume Manager not available)
Bob Proulx wrote: Chris Hiestand wrote: Would you mind running a test install and seeing if things are still working for you? If you have a chance anyway. I've now also reproduced the problem with the 32-bit kernel as well. And it failed! I confirmed this on both i386 and amd64. No disk drive was detected. If you know the name of the driver needed by your disk drive, you can select it from the list. I posted the solution elsewhere in this thread. But since I changed the subject it will confuse some mail readers and therefore will add an additional follow-up here. The solution is that the netboot.tar.gz files need to be in sync with the udebs in the new point release. Update the tftp pxe boot server with updated netboot.tar.gz file contents and the problem is solved. Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
PXE netinst: No disk drive was detected. (Re: Recent Debian Preseed Error: Logical Volume Manager not available)
Chris Hiestand wrote: Bob Proulx wrote: Since I am using a Stable netboot I am not updating it until Wheezy. So I can't confirm or deny the problem here. Would you mind running a test install and seeing if things are still working for you? If you have a chance anyway. I've now also reproduced the problem with the 32-bit kernel as well. I have been running virt-install KVM virtual machine builds all day trying to get a particular task recipe automated. I have been using my preseed configuration. So I was pretty sure this had been working fine. I haven't changed anything in my preseed for a while. But I also haven't build a new machine on real hardware since the point release either. And a VM isn't the same as real hardware. So I fired up one of my test machines that I had previously been using for install testing and did a PXE boot and started the automated installation using my fully automated preseed network install. And it failed! I confirmed this on both i386 and amd64. No disk drive was detected. If you know the name of the driver needed by your disk drive, you can select it from the list. You and I both having failures at the same time? What is the likelihood that we both broke our installations in the same way? I don't think very likely since I haven't been changing anything. The only big change recently was the Squeeze point release. Now I wish I had a stale mirror from last week to test against. I am sure that it would work. And then could do an A-B comparison between them and search for the problem. Does anyone know of a mirror of Squeeze 6.0.3 from last week that I could use to debug this problem? Bob signature.asc Description: Digital signature
