> > You might want to check the dists folder and make sure that youIn my case, the loop mounted lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso does show such directories:
> > have a "universe" folder in there so that it is able to get
> > package listings.
[root@cobbler quantal]# pwd
/mnt/dists/quantal
[root@cobbler quantal]# ls
main multiverse Release Release.gpg restricted universe
In my case, a simple cobbler import of the loop mounted
> >
> > I played with this a bit this weekend as well. I ended
> > up getting a minimal mirror of the Ubuntu packages needed
> > setup but it requires a bit of work to get going.
lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso is sufficient to get it going. Of course, you need to update the distro object to set the initrd.gz
and linux to the pair in the netboot subdirectory, and some updates
to the profile as well.
Please see the outline of what I did. It's quicker and simpler.
> >
> > First I downloaded the quantal dists folders from a
> > mirror. Then, I had to create a package list of the squashfs
> > image on the installation disk as well as a list of packages
> > that failed to install during a test installation. It
> > isn't ideal but it is a possibility for getting 12.10
> > up with a subset of the repository (thought I've only tested
> > the server install so I can't really help you with the
> > desktops issues here). If anyone is interested I
> > can send out instructions on what I did.
Ubuntu's documentation is pretty messy, and I take many of them with
a big grain of sale. For example:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu states that
"The Ubuntu Install CDs contain software from the "Main" and "Restricted" components of the repositories. Once your system
is made aware of the Internet-based locations for these repositories,
many more software programs are available for installation."
But as evident from my directory listing above, loop mounted
lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso does show such directories.
James, please note that I used the lubunbu alternate amd64 iso, not ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso!
>
> I'm grabbing the 12.10 desktop ISO now, which I'll test with
> the master branch.
>
Regarding the desktop issue, if I can't get it installed using regular preseed, I have the following two approaches that should work:
0. Use the d-i preseed/late_command, perhaps writing a new snippet
1. Replace the /etc/apt/sources.list with a copy that consists of the regular Ubuntu repos, and then combine with a firstboot script to get the UI installed.
Still, lacking a common meta package name such as ubuntu-desktop makes even both the above a small challenge.
Regards,
-- Zack
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