netboot archive missing basic scsi support needed for libata/sata and scsi drivers

[Keith Hopkins]

The netboot archive
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/warty/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/pxeboot.tar.gz
appears to be missing basic scsi support in either the kernel or in modules (no
scsi_mod).
The result is that during a netboot installation, either scsi or libata/sata
driver will not load. An insmod of the same module will show missing external
symbols. If your primary storage device requires scsi/sata, then you cannot
install the OS.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

SCSI modules aren't meant to be in the netboot initrd; they're loaded from the
network after it boots. Does /var/log/syslog show anna properly retrieving the
scsi-common-modules, scsi-core-modules, scsi-extra-modules, and scsi-modules
packages? scsi-core-modules contains scsi_mod.ko, and that component should be
retrieved automatically.

Are you letting the netboot image use archive.ubuntu.com for package retrieval
as is the default, or doing something funky?

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

I just tried this myself on a system with SATA disks, and it works perfectly.
Resolving as WORKSFORME; if you still have problems, please try to get me the
information requested in comment #1. Thanks.