<br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:02 PM, Zack Perry <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:zack.perry@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">zack.perry@sbcglobal.net</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">I think that I have some clues now. See the following two find results:<br>

<br>
[root@cobbler ks_mirror]# cd ubuntu-12.04.1-x86_64/<br>
[root@cobbler ubuntu-12.04.1-x86_64]# find . -name &quot;*installer*&quot;<br>
./dists/precise/restricted/debian-installer<br>
./dists/precise/main/debian-installer<br>
./pool/main/g/grub-installer<br>
./pool/main/g/grub-installer/grub-installer_1.68ubuntu5_amd64.udeb<br>
./pool/main/b/base-installer<br>
./pool/main/b/base-installer/base-installer_1.122ubuntu7.1_all.udeb<br>
./pool/main/n/net-retriever/download-installer_1.29ubuntu1_all.udeb<br>
./pool/main/libd/libdebian-installer<br>
./pool/main/libd/libdebian-installer/libdebian-installer4_0.79ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb<br>
./pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils<br>
./install/netboot/ubuntu-installer<br>
[root@cobbler ubuntu-12.04.1-x86_64]# cd ../ubuntu-12.10-desktop-x86_64/<br>
[root@cobbler ubuntu-12.10-desktop-x86_64]# find . -name &quot;*installer*&quot;<br>
./install/netboot/ubuntu-installer<br>
<br>
Nothing!<br>
<br>
James, I know this is not cobbler&#39;s job to ensure that a distro is ready for PXE boot, but perhaps it&#39;s still a good idea to put in a check just to ensure that necessary essentials are available?  Do you need me to open an issue on cobbler github?<br>

<div class=""><div class="h5"><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Here is a relevant Ask Ubuntu entry that seemed to have helped the user though it looks like you have found the same issue.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://askubuntu.com/questions/204786/unable-to-install-12-10-with-pxe">http://askubuntu.com/questions/204786/unable-to-install-12-10-with-pxe</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>Basically like you found you need to mirror the ubuntu-installer directory for this to work.</div><div><br></div><div>The Ubuntu Desktop CD is usually assumed to be the CD you won&#39;t use if you want to netboot things. Most would go with the server install or the alternative CD for such a task.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=""><div class="h5">
Regards,<br>
<br>
-- Zack<br>
<br>
_______________________________________________<br>
cobbler mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org">cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org</a><br>
<a href="https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler" target="_blank">https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>