------- Comment From [email protected] 2017-06-22 10:44 EDT-------
Hi folks, I just tested multiple versions of Ubuntu, and will paste a matrix
with the results.
ethtool is present?
|During installer |On distro, after first boot
16.04.2 (ISO) | NO
| YES
16.04.3 (beta installer/netboot) | NO
| NO
17.04 (netboot) | NO
| NO
17.10 (beta installer/netboot) | NO
| NO
So, the only case in which we have ethtool automatic installed is when using
ISO.
Also, almost before finishing installation, the installer request input so the
user can choose additional stuff to be installed. I tested with 17.10 beta
netboot installer, and if I mark "Basic Ubuntu server", it does install ethtool.
So, seems a matter of change ethtool from "Basic Ubuntu server" to a core
package ("standard system utilities", which is marked by default).
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Also, if possible, I'd like to start a discussion of adding ethtool on
installers. Specially on netboot installer, in which all we have is a
NIC and then we need to grab everything else from network...we need the
tool in order to be able to troubleshoot network issues, it's pretty
fundamental in my opinion, because in netboot installers, if network
fails, no way to go further. The size of binary is 387 KBytes, and it's
pretty self-contained (no special lib needed, no additional files other
than documentation...).
Let me know if you want another Launchpad to discuss installer presence
of ethtool...opinions are much appreciated.
Thanks,
Guilherme
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