[cobbler] cobbler 2.4.0 and problems booting Ubuntu 12.10 desktop 64bit

Andrew Hamilton ahamilton55 at gmail.com
Sat Nov 17 00:06:04 UTC 2012


On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:15 PM, James Cammarata <jimi at sngx.net> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Zack Perry <zack.perry at sbcglobal.net>
> wrote:
> > Hi James,
> >
> > Thanks for your response.
> >
> > You meant what Jorgen said in
> http://www.mail-archive.com/cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org/msg08100.html?
> quoted "downloading an daily cdrom image and use the kernel/initrd from
> that."?
> >
> > So far, I have consistent success using cobbler import loop mounted
> ubuntu-12.04.1-server-x86_64.iso without needing anything from the Ubuntu
> daily cdrom image site. I will try to PXE boot 12.04.1 alternative CD
> tomorrow evening. If I succeed again, I will test Fedora and RHEL.  Once I
> am done with these, I will come back to 12.10.
> >
> >> That is a known issue with the x86_64 ISO currently available (date
> >> of 10/17 I believe). I think Jorgen had a workaround that he shared
> >> on the mailing list, beyond that it's broken on Ubuntu's end.
>
> Yes, I have only run into this issue with 12.10-amd64. The .04/.04.1
> images work fine, as do the .10-i386 images.
>

I played around with the 12.10 images today. I've been able to get past the
error that you were hitting by using the netboot kernel and ramdisk. The
desktop DVD also requires that you pull down the debian-intaller directory
as well.

The installation still fails as it goes to install the system. It ends up
looking for a "live image" and since it's a netboot it can't find any. This
only happens when netbooting and using a mirror that is simply a rsync of
the DVD. If you point the installation to a full mirror such as
http://mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu the installation goes through without
issue. It looks like Ubuntu has changed the way that they are installing
the system no matter whether you are using a server or desktop DVD.

I'm stumped on whether or not there is any way to continue using the Ubuntu
CDs for starting mirrors with cobbler.

Regards,

Andrew

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