On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 17:57, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > > On 4/21/20 7:53 PM, Witold Baryluk wrote: > > floppy.ko for alpha is in the kernel image deb file, > > > > debian-10.0-alpha-NETINST-1.iso/iso9660://pool-alpha/main/l/linux/linux-image-5.5.0-1-alpha-smp_5.5.13-2_alpha.deb/deb://CONTENTS/lib/modules/5.5.0-1-alpha-smp/kernel/drivers/block > > > > but it is not present in any udeb file, or in the > > debian-10.0-alpha-NETINST-1.iso/iso9660://boot/initrd.gz/gunzip://ucpio://lib/modules/5.5.0-1-alpha-generic/kernel/drivers/block > > > > It should be relatively easy to put it there manually (unpack, > > repack), or fix the iso build scripts to include it too. > debian-installer does not use a kernel package, it boots the bare kernel image > and loads additional modules either from the initial ramdisk or module udebs > such as "ata-modules-5.5.0-2-alpha". > > Compiling the module into the kernel is surely the easiest approach.
Yes, I know. I am just saying where one can get compatible module in case somebody wants to get the floppy.ko manually and use it. I did say it is not in the initrd or in the udeb, so obviously it is not working now. We all know that.
