[Bug 1615021] Re: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04 installer normally on Briggs

Thanks for the followup. Closing the debian-installer part now. The work on the Debian side wrt. multiplexing the installer UI to mutiple consoles sounds interesting, but I don't think we should houd our breath for it -- I think this is going to be tricky given how different the capabilities of VT

[Bug 1615021] Re: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04 installer normally on Briggs

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 229-4ubuntu8 --- systemd (229-4ubuntu8) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium * Queue loading transient units after setting their properties. Fixes starting VMs with libvirt. (LP: #1529079) * Connect pid1's stdin/out/err fds to /dev/null

[Bug 1615021] Re: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04 installer normally on Briggs

This bug was fixed in the package systemd - 231-5 --- systemd (231-5) unstable; urgency=medium [ Iain Lane ] * Let graphical-session-pre.target be manually started (LP: #1615341) [ Felipe Sateler ] * Add basic version of git-cherry-pick * Replace

[Bug 1615021] Re: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04 installer normally on Briggs

This bug was fixed in the package busybox - 1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2 --- busybox (1:1.22.0-19ubuntu2) yakkety; urgency=medium * debian/patches/readlink-in-slash-bin.patch: put readlink in /bin/ like coreutils. Closes LP: #1615021. -- Steve Langasek

[Bug 1615021] Re: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04 installer normally on Briggs

I've thought about this some more, and while the /bin/readlink /usr/bin/readlink in busybox is a bug, fixing this is definitely not going to fix the problem in the installer. In the installer, /etc/udev/rules.d/80-net-setup-link.rules will never exist since this is an admin override; so the

[Bug 1615021] Re: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04 installer normally on Briggs

** Also affects: systemd (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to systemd in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1615021 Title: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04

[Bug 1615021] Re: Unable to network boot Ubuntu 16.04 installer normally on Briggs

Examining the initrd shows that readlink is provided as /usr/bin/readlink -> /bin/busybox, not as /bin/readlink where systemd expects it (and where it's shipped on an installed system). This is a bug in debian-installer's construction of that image - though gee it would be nice if systemd didn't