Just tried to use netboot to install to a PowerBook G4 - guessing I ran into this bug.
Transfer FILE: initrd.gz method 'load' failed 00000300 ramdisk load failed ! ok http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/installer-powerpc/20060711ubuntu18/images/powerpc/netboot/ initrd.gz 21-Oct-2006 01:41 6.6M >> Could a reduced kernel/image be made specifically for netboot installs? > No, not really. The "same vmlinux for installer and installed system" thing > is a relatively deeply embedded assumption How about 3? one different set that uses tftp/kexec to boot the installer, which would be the same as the installed system? So the installer could still rely on the full kernel/initrd.gz - but there would be a small one that was just there to get the full one loaded. ** Attachment added: "pic of screen" http://librarian.launchpad.net/5575835/P1010009.JPG -- yaboot cannot handle kernels and/or initrds >6MB uncompressed for netbooting https://launchpad.net/bugs/26426 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
