[Bug 1950996] Re: Missing all modules for usb nics in initrd which makes PXE boot impossible

[John Doe]

Hey Tommy, I'm in a similar boot to Frederick. 
Thanks for taking the time to list your steps. 
What command did you use to unpack your initrd?
After copying over the drivers what command or tool did you use to repack it?
Was it dracut, initramfs-tools, or something else entirely?

Thanks again!

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Title:
  Missing all modules for usb nics in initrd which makes PXE boot
  impossible

Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Focal:
  Confirmed
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Hirsute:
  Confirmed
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Impish:
  Won't Fix
Status in initramfs-tools source package in Jammy:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  initrd taken from the live iso for PXE boot does not contain USB NIC
  drivers which makes PXE installation/netboot impossible via usb.

  This is the case on 20.04 server iso (both hwe and normal
  kernel/initrd) and desktop iso.

  "kernel/drivers/net/usb" is empty and needs to be included in the
  initramfs build.

  As most modern thin laptops lack physical rj45 ethernet this is a big
  issue.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: initramfs-tools 0.136ubuntu6.6
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-64.72-generic 5.8.18
  Uname: Linux 5.8.0-64-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Mon Nov 15 16:47:45 2021
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: initramfs-tools
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-11 (552 days ago)

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