Re: [Wg-test-framework] debian-installer failure with arm64 (was RE: laxton (softiron) boot failure with Debian linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-arm64)

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ian Campbell writes ("Re: debian-installer failure with arm64 (was RE: laxton 
(softiron) boot failure with Debian linux-image-4.7.0-0.bpo.1-arm64)"):
> I suppose this (jessie w/ backports kernel) is the mg-debian-installer-
> update stuff to wedge the backports kernel into the stable installer
> initrd in osstest I wrote way back when?

Yes.

> In that scenario the "Continue the install without loading kernel
> modules?" message is expected and (working from memory here) should be
> preseeded to be ignored.

Ah.

In fact, this preseed is controlled in osstest in the wrong way (by a
host flag, rather than by whether we have made our own d-i image with
modules in it).  Bodging that so that this preseed is set correctly
fixes the problem.  I will fix this properly once I have it sort of
working...

> If you are still getting the disk not found issue with the backports
> kernel then maybe you need to add some more modules (or directories
> full of modules) to the whitelist in mg-debian-installer-update? Might
> be worth experimenting with a hacked version which includes all modules
> to confirm? If that helps then `lsmod` from the d-i shell might give
> you a clue what is missing.

Yes, this was also a problem.  `ptp' (at least) needed including.

Thanks for the tips!

Ian.

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