0003913: Wrong kernel in installer package (netboot) - Kali Linux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003913	Kali Linux	General Bug	public	2017-03-08 17:10	2017-03-09 13:19

Reporter	cobbr	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	major	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	2016.2

Summary	0003913: Wrong kernel in installer package (netboot)
Description	I can't seem to get a PXE boot network install to work. This was working last week. I downloaded the latest netboot.tar.gz and it gives the same error. Upon install I get the following error message: ///// !! Download installer components No Kernel modules were found. This probably is due to a mismatch between the kernel used by this version of the installer and the kernel version available in the archive. If you're installing from a mirror, you can work around this problem by choosing to install a different version of Debian. The install will probably fail to work if you continue without kernel modules. /////
Additional Information	Similar to BugID: 0003370 https://bugs.kali.org/view.php?id=3370 I'm wondering if the netboot image hasn't been updated to the latest kernel version.

antiflag1980 2017-03-08 21:52 reporter ~0006485	This has been hitting me for the past few days. I can't fix manually because my downstream repo updated and latest kernel versions and modules versions don't match. Modules look like: http://http.kali.org/pool/main/l/linux/scsi-modules-4.9.0-kali2-amd64-di_4.9.13-1kali1_amd64.udeb 2017-03-01 12:12 2.3M Latest DI Kernel looks like: http://http.kali.org/pool/main/l/linux/kernel-image-4.9.0-kali3-amd64-di_4.9.13-1kali2_amd64.udeb 2017-03-07 18:12 4.2M Netboots look like last updated 2-21: http://http.kali.org/dists/kali-rolling/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/netboot.tar.gz 2017-02-21 02:50 27M http://http.kali.org/dists/kali-rolling/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz 2017-02-21 09:50 45M http://http.kali.org/dists/kali-rolling/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/amd64/linux 2017-02-21 09:50 4.0M http://http.kali.org/dists/kali-rolling/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/amd64/initrd.gz 2017-02-21 09:50 45M http://http.kali.org/dists/kali-rolling/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/gtk/debian-installer/amd64/linux 2017-02-21 09:50 4.0M This started with an upgrade in the kernel modules the other day which I was able to fix by pulling modules from a dist-upgraded kali install and putting those modules into the older initrd and pulling the latest kernel from that box as well. Unfortunately that doesn't work for me as of today because the latest kernel in the regular repos is 4.9.0-kali2-amd64 0000001 SMP Debian 4.9.13-1kali1.

sbrun 2017-03-09 13:19 manager ~0006488	we updated debian-installer and the netboot image.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2017-03-08 17:10	cobbr	New Issue
2017-03-08 21:52	antiflag1980	Note Added: 0006485
2017-03-09 13:19	sbrun	Status	new => resolved
2017-03-09 13:19	sbrun	Resolution	open => fixed
2017-03-09 13:19	sbrun	Note Added: 0006488