Re: Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2020-04-19

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.


On Tue, 21 Apr 2020 at 13:30, Darren Goossens <[email protected]> wrote:
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> For reference, the recipe at:
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> The recipe at https://lists.debian.org/debian-alpha/2019/11/msg00033.html
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> for adding firmware to the install disk did indeed work.
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> I booted with the modified install disk in the SCSI CD drive and the original in a second IDE CDROM  drive that runs on a PCI card. While the installer could not see the SCSI CDROM drive with the install disk in it once control was handed over from the initial boot (step where it looks for install media initially failed),  it could see the IDE CDROM and then switched to that for the rest of the install.
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> Worked well.
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