On 30.11.2012 20:10, Zack Perry wrote:
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Care to explain a bit more? AFAICT the netboot images are exactly where they used to be.
Thanks. I need to correct myself a bit.
Yes. netbook images are available at for example for 12.10-x86_64 at:
http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/quantal/main/installer-amd64/current/...
or the daily build area.
The hierarchy, however, differs from what you may get from an iso image. IMO Red Hat systems are more consistent in this regard.
Ah, got it.
While we are on the subject of netboot issue, I also spotted something odd. AFAIK, the ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso and ubuntu-12.10-server-amd64.iso do not provide working netboot images for PXE network install. Please see my test report in this regard:
http://www.mail-archive.com/cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org/msg08210.html
The "alternate" install image has been dropped from 12.10. There's a lengthy thread on ubuntu-devel@ if you want to see the reasons behind it. Just use the mini-iso, mirror 'main' & main/debian-installer locally or install everything from the proper archive. The server iso should still work for netbooting, though, just need to preseed the package set/tasks.