On 2011-07-11 21:52 +0200, Tech Geek wrote: >> AFAIK the kernel in the installer is >> split into many small packages from the regular linux-image package. So >> the possible differences are version skews when a newer kernel hits the >> archive, and missing modules that are not packaged for the installer. > You are right. I discovered that the pata-modules-* package that ships > with Debian Install disc, did not have the driver module for my RDC > PATA controller and hence it failed to detect it. > > The thing that I find surprising is that the kernel itself > (2.6.32-5-486) has the support for the controller: > CONFIG_PATA_RDC=m > So why does it have to depend on packages like pata-modules to detect > the IDE interface. Can't the kernel detect the type (deviceid) of IDE > interface and load the appropriate module (from it's initrd?) I guess > may be I do not fully understand the installation mechanism.
I do not claim to understand it either, but I suppose the installer is actually running from an initramfs, and if a full-blown kernel with all its modules were put there, the memory requirements for installing Debian would increase considerably. Sven -- 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/87wrfo8tb0....@turtle.gmx.de