[18.04] Missing vNIC module in the installer

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Mirroring over for 18.04 installer.

Canonical: Please add the ibmvnic module to the installer for 18.04.

Thank you.

== Comment: #0 - YUECHANG E. MEI - 2017-02-27 11:33:10 ==
---Problem Description---
We tried to install ubuntu 16.04.2 by using vNIC. When we tried to load the installer, we saw an issue. Comment from bug 144675, it looks like the ibmvnic module is not included in 16.04.2 or 17.04 installer.

                  GNU GRUB version 2.02~beta2-vlan1

 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Install Ubuntu 17.04 GA w/ multipath and preseed |
 | Install Ubuntu 17.04 GA w/ multipath |
 | Install Ubuntu 17.04 GA w/ preseed |
 |*Install Ubuntu Yakkety (16.10 development) |
 | Install Ubuntu Yakkety (16.10 w/ multipath) |
 | Install Ubuntu 16.04 GA |
 | Install Ubuntu 16.04 GA w/ multipath |
 | Install Ubuntu 16.04 GA w/ preseed |
 | Install Ubuntu 16.04 GA w/ multipath and preseed |
 | Install Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS |
 | Install Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS |
 | Rescue mode |
 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

      Use the ^ and v keys to select which entry is highlighted.
      Press enter to boot the selected OS, `e' to edit the commands
      before booting or `c' for a command-line.

   ?????????????? [!!] Download debconf preconfiguration file ??????????????
   ? ?
   ? Failed to retrieve the preconfiguration file ?
   ? The file needed for preconfiguration could not be retrieved from ?
   ? http://10.33.11.31/distros/ubuntu/preseed.cfg. The installation will ?
   ? proceed in non-automated mode. ?
   ? ?
   ? <Continue> ?
   ? ?
   ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
but then we cannot go any further...drop to the shell and we do not see any ibmvnic loaded, try to load it is not found.

~ # lsmod|grep ibm
ibmveth 31190 0
~ # modprobe ibmvnic
modprobe: FATAL: Module ibmvnic not found in directory /lib/modules/4.4.0-21-generic
~ #

---boot type---
Network boot

---bootloader---
grub

---Point of failure---
Failed during boot of installer

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2017-11-01 07:23 EDT-------
Ubuntu 16.04.2 installer does not exist anymore. I understand that this problem also exists in 16.04.3 installer, is this assumption correct?

[Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)]

For debugging / bisecting issues you can download older point releases from the lifetime archive at http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04.2/ it still has 16.04.2 obsolete media archived.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

The set of kernel modules included in the installer is determined by the kernel. Reassigning.

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2017-11-01 13:35 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #7)
> Ubuntu 16.04.2 installer does not exist anymore. I understand that this
> problem also exists in 16.04.3 installer, is this assumption correct?

Yes. The module is not present all the way up to the latest Artful netboot image.

[Manoj Iyer (manjo)]

Looks like ibmvnic is present in debian.master/d-i/modules/nic-modules in bionic for a while now. Could we mark this fix released ?

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2018-04-17 11:47 EDT-------
Thanks, closing.