On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Zack Perry <[email protected]>wrote:
> > > You might want to check the dists folder and make sure that you > > > have a "universe" folder in there so that it is able to get > > > package listings. > > In my case, the loop mounted lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso does show > such directories: > > [root@cobbler quantal]# pwd > /mnt/dists/quantal > [root@cobbler quantal]# ls > main multiverse Release Release.gpg restricted universe > > > > > > > I played with this a bit this weekend as well. I ended > > > up getting a minimal mirror of the Ubuntu packages needed > > > setup but it requires a bit of work to get going. > > In my case, a simple cobbler import of the loop mounted > lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso is sufficient to get it going. Of > course, you need to update the distro object to set the initrd.gz > and linux to the pair in the netboot subdirectory, and some updates > to the profile as well. > > > > > > > First I downloaded the quantal dists folders from a > > > mirror. Then, I had to create a package list of the squashfs > > > image on the installation disk as well as a list of packages > > > that failed to install during a test installation. It > > > isn't ideal but it is a possibility for getting 12.10 > > > up with a subset of the repository (thought I've only tested > > > the server install so I can't really help you with the > > > desktops issues here). If anyone is interested I > > > can send out instructions on what I did. > > Please see the outline of what I did. It's quicker and simpler. > This is true but is not a solutions for everyone. If I ran Ubuntu in production I'd pull things directly from Ubuntu and simply setup a full mirror locally. It's just kinda sucks to have to mirror a huge repo when you only really need the basics. This also depends on what your local policies are for mirrors and how often you will be setting up systems. > Ubuntu's documentation is pretty messy, and I take many of them with > a big grain of sale. For example: > > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu states that > "The Ubuntu Install CDs contain software from the "Main" and "Restricted" > components of the repositories. Once your system > is made aware of the Internet-based locations for these repositories, > many more software programs are available for installation." > > But as evident from my directory listing above, loop mounted > lubuntu-12.10-alternate-amd64.iso does show such directories. > > > > > I'm grabbing the 12.10 desktop ISO now, which I'll test with > > the master branch. > > > > James, please note that I used the lubunbu alternate amd64 iso, not > ubuntu-12.10-desktop-amd64.iso! > > Regarding the desktop issue, if I can't get it installed using regular > preseed, I have the following two approaches that should work: > > 0. Use the d-i preseed/late_command, perhaps writing a new snippet > 1. Replace the /etc/apt/sources.list with a copy that consists of the > regular Ubuntu repos, and then combine with a firstboot script to get the > UI installed. > > Still, lacking a common meta package name such as ubuntu-desktop makes > even both the above a small challenge. > > Regards, > > -- Zack > Regards, Andrew > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >
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