[Bug 70721] Re: DHCP Negotiation Timeout

2007-01-04 Thread William Oakley
Colin Thank you for the pointer. I have played around with the settings and found that this works in order to automate as much as possible: append initrd=ubuntu/x86-ui/initrd.gz ramdisk_size=20480 root=/dev/rd/0 devfs=mount,dall rw debconf/priority=critical languagechooser/language-

[Bug 73647] Re: bnx2 module not in netboot initrd image for network installs

2007-01-03 Thread William Oakley
I have also checked the linux-source-2.6.15_2.6.15-23.39_all.deb package and the bnx2.c and bnx2.h c files are there in the source. Hence, all that is required is a configuration file for the netboot kernel. -- Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 not detected on install

[Bug 73647] Re: bnx2 module not in netboot initrd image for network installs

2007-01-03 Thread William Oakley
Obviously, this is related to the latest dapper netboot image which I could find: http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ kind regards - William -- Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5708 not detected on install https://launchpad.net/bugs/73647 --

[Bug 73647] Re: bnx2 module not in netboot initrd image for network installs

2007-01-03 Thread William Oakley
Hi Kyle We want to install Ubuntu over the network onto the IBM x3550 which requires the bnx2 drivers. These drivers are not available in the 6.06 LTS netboot image. Hence, I am looking for a way of including the bnx2 kernel module in the netboot initrd.gz. I would expect that this module would

[Bug 70899] %post scripting section - issues running apt-get install

2006-11-08 Thread William Oakley
install ' with no user interaction. We'd really appreciate any help you can give with regard to this if it is not in fact a bug. Kind regards - William Oakley ** Affects: kickseed (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- %post scripting section - issues running apt

[Bug 70721] DHCP Negotiation Timeout

2006-11-07 Thread William Oakley
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: netcfg Hi We are testing the Ubuntu Installer as a method for deploying Ubuntu in our European Datacentres. During testing we have noticed that in the majority of cases dhcp negotiation times out and it is necessary to attempt negotiation again for it

[Bug 70721] Re: DHCP Negotiation Timeout

2006-11-07 Thread William Oakley
We are using the kickseed configuration file method for installation. We have tried fixing the speed and duplex of the switch port and setting it as auto. This has the same result, ie. failure on first attempt and success on second attempt of network autoconfiguration. As far as I can tell,

[Bug 70721] Re: DHCP Negotiation Timeout

2006-11-07 Thread William Oakley
The following is output from virtual terminal 4 as the Ubuntu Installer starts up and attempts to autonegotiate: Jun 11 18:51:47 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface eth0 Jun 11 18:51:47 net/hw-detect.hotplug: Detected hotpluggable network interface eth1 Jun 11

[Bug 48311] Re: kickstart partitioning fails with --recommended or --asprimary

2006-11-01 Thread William Oakley
Colin Is the kickstart method of installing still being developed? If so, I'd be intertested in finding out what the next developments are likely to be. I look forward to talking further with you. kind regards - William -- kickstart partitioning fails with --recommended or --asprimary

[Bug 52122] Re: Need to able specify ethX interface to get KS or PRESEED file

2006-11-01 Thread William Oakley
Hi Rudolf Assuming that you are pxe booting your Ubuntu installation over the network, have you tried applying the debian installer appends to the booting ubuntu kernel? eg. My d-i install entry for pxelinux: label debian kernel d-i/2.6/linux append console=tty0 initrd=d-i/2.6/initrd.gz

[Bug 48311] Re: kickstart partitioning fails with --recommended or --asprimary

2006-10-18 Thread William Oakley
and regarded as the preferred method of install? kind regards - William Oakley -- kickstart partitioning fails with --recommended or --asprimary https://launchpad.net/bugs/48311 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 48918] Re: shadow passwords not enabled (no rootpw)

2006-10-18 Thread William Oakley
Our user configuration for Kickstart is as follows: # config section auth --useshadow --enablemd5 rootpw --iscrypted xx user nttuser --fullname user --iscrypted --password xx And we don't notice any problems with the creation of the