David Mohr <da...@mcbf.net> writes: >> /usr/share/initramfs-tools/hooks: >> bcache > > This file exists on your system and does install bcache.ko into the > initrd: > > % lsinitramfs /boot/initrd.img-3.16.0-4-amd64 | grep bcache > lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/bcache > lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.ko > lib/modules/3.16.0-4-amd64/kernel/fs/mbcache.ko > lib/udev/probe-bcache > lib/udev/rules.d/69-bcache.rules > lib/udev/bcache-register > > Maybe the initramfs somehow did not get updated on your system?
That does exist, and it appears to be doing its job, but it comes from the bcache-tools package. That's not entirely what I'm talking about though. I'm more concerned about an annoying bootstrap issue that I've faced multiple times when installing Debian onto a bcache volume. Here's what I currently have to do: - Format as bcache using some live system - Reboot into d-i. - From within the debian installer, unpack bcache.ko out of the installer's kernel .deb, insmod it. - Register the bcache, install to it. - Reboot into the new system. Oops, boot fails, because there's no bcache.ko. Back to a live system, drop the right bcache.ko into /boot, reboot, insmod it, register the bcache, boot. (*) - Then install bcache-tools, and things start looking up. (*) This step is the most annoying, and what I'd like to see fixed. Alternatively, if d-i understood that I'm installing onto bcache and installed bcache-tools, my problem would also be solved... Thanks for listening! Andreas
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