I need to correct myself:
(1) PXE booting Ubuntu does need to use the {linux, initrd.gz} in netboot
subdirectory. I finally dug out enough Ubuntu documentation on Ubuntu Web site
to confirm what we have learned from trials and errors.
(2) Once said pair is used, the three magic variables, $http_server:$http_port
and $install_source_directory, work as anticipated.
So, James, there is no need to waste your time to double check these.
Apologies for the false alarm!
On the other hand, I still have a few other issues with my home lab setup
(where dnsmasq acts as a proxy, not authoriative DHCP server), e.g.:
(a) d-i netcfg/get_hostname string $hostname doesn't take effect. Instead, the
randomly assigned device name by 2Wire 3600HGV is used
(b) I am still struggling with the use of the last two snippets in the preseed
file, i.e.
[...]
d-i preseed/late_command string chroot /target sh -c ' \
$SNIPPET('download_config_files_deb')
$SNIPPET('post_run_deb')
'; \
$SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
Despite what I set for the 'Template Files' and rendered seed file from cobbler
system getks, none of the files got into the installed system.
I will simplfy it, do more tests after work, and see if I can find a clue...
Regards,
-- Zack
> That's very odd, these work fine for me when using the master branch
> which should not be that divergent from the release24 branch
> currently. I'm going to be merging the signature branch in with master
> and release24 soon, and that branch definitely seems to work great
> with Ubuntu, so I'll double check for this popping up at that time.
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