[Simple-cdd-devel] Bug#548919: simple-cdd: Built images fail to have modules, partition, or mount filesystems

[Vagrant Cascadian]

tags 548919 wontfix
thanks

On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 03:11:05PM +0100, Paul LeoNerd Evans wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 02:12:57PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> > this is a common problem, as it is likely building with outdated d-i images
> > from squeeze.  squeeze images maybe haven't been updated since lenny release,
> > and the kernel modules are likely no longer present for the version of the
> > kernel used by d-i.
> > 
> > please try to build with the debian-installer daily images, which are more
> > likely to be up to date (though possibly broken in other ways):
> > 
> >   echo 'export DI_WWW_HOME=default' >> profiles/default.conf
> > 
> > and re-run simple-cdd.
> 
> I think these may indeed be "broken in other ways"; namely, that it
> won't boot at all.
> 
> It runs the graphical bootloader, but none of the boot options run. If I
> manage to get a text-mode version of it, and run it it claims:
> 
>   Could not find kernel image: /%install%/vmlinuz

unfortunately, there is nothing simple-cdd can do if you feed it broken images.

sometimes the daily/weekly/unstable/testing debian-installer builds are just
broken, and there's nothing simple-cdd can do to fix them.

keep trying, and good luck.

live well,
  vagrant