Package: debian-installer
Version: wheezy-installer
Severity: Normal
I'm trying to PXE-boot using the netboot.tar.gz at
http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/20130528-00:06/netboot/netboot.tar.gz
on a Dell Poweredge 2650 with serial console redrection.
I'm having the following issues:
1. On
[Peter Chubb]
> 2. This system uses broadcom NICs that need firmware. I put the
> firmware onto a FAT-formatted USB stick, but the machine does not
> recognise the stick when plugged in. lsmod on the console does not
> show usb_storage in the list of loaded modules after a failed
> attem
> "Petter" == Petter Reinholdtsen writes:
Petter> [Peter Chubb]
>> 2. This system uses broadcom NICs that need firmware. I put the
>> firmware onto a FAT-formatted USB stick, but the machine does not
>> recognise the stick when plugged in. lsmod on the console does not
>> show usb_storage
[Peter Chubb]
> It's more than that -- cat /proc/partitions doesn't show the stick at
> all. I suspect that the USB stick wasn;t recognised when it was
> plugged in.
Right. Then it probably is a kernel issue. Is there anything useful
printed to dmesg when you plug it in? Is USB working on the
> "Petter" == Petter Reinholdtsen writes:
Petter> [Peter Chubb]
>> It's more than that -- cat /proc/partitions doesn't show the stick
>> at all. I suspect that the USB stick wasn;t recognised when it was
>> plugged in.
Petter> Right. Then it probably is a kernel issue. Is there anything
P
[Peter Chubb]
> After installation, yes. But nothing got printed by dmesg during the
> installation when I plug in the USB stick. And (from mempry, the
> machine is now in production so I can't fiddle) lsmod didn't show all
> the necessary modules --- after full installation I see:
>
> ehci_pci
Peter Chubb writes:
>> "Petter" == Petter Reinholdtsen writes:
>
> Petter> [Peter Chubb]
>>> It's more than that -- cat /proc/partitions doesn't show the stick
>>> at all. I suspect that the USB stick wasn;t recognised when it was
>>> plugged in.
>
> Petter> Right. Then it probably is a ker
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