On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Andrew Hamilton <ahamilton55@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:15 PM, James Cammarata <jimi@sngx.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Zack Perry <zack.perry@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.

That's interesting, it would be nice if they would be considerate and
push a DVD image instead that would work as expected.

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