On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 1:00 AM, Zack Perry <zack.perry(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; 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.

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