Bug#732656: installation-reports: modprobe -l command in hw-config script fails

[Nils]

Subject: installation-reports: modprobe -l command in hw-config script fails
Package: installation-reports
Justification: renders package unusable
Severity: grave
Tags: d-i


-- Package-specific info:

Boot method: local HD /boot dir under windows, after installing
win32-loader and updating initrd.gz and vmlinuz
Image version: cdrom xfce iso #1 (but the problem happened before this step)
Date: 2013-12-17

Machine: ancient Medion laptop
Partitions: /dev/sda1..6


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Clock/timezone setup: [ ]
User/password setup: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install tasks: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Overall install: [ ]

Comments/Problems:
I tried to install debian (sid) on a laptop with just harddrives (no
usb, no network as the wlan is disabled on boot), more for fun as I
didn't have a USB stick handy

I downloaded (under windows) installed the win32-loader, grabbed a
initrd.gz and vmlinuz, downloaded the xfce ISO #1, and when booting the
installer got as far as finding the iso on an existing partition.

The "locate ISO Image on harddrive" option found the ISO image on a
partition (/dev/sda6), but then failed when trying modprobe -l

The problem was that in the hd-config script "modprobe -l" is used,
and modprobe doesn't support that apparently...

I could drop into a shell, mount the partition that the ISO was saved
under, mount the ISO under a directory no problem.

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