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Problem Booting Ubuntu 10.04 Via PXE

Bug #612058 reported by Ron Laws
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Bug Description

Booting Ubuntu over the network using a combination of PXE (for the kernel and ram drive) and an NFS Share for the Root File system (live disk image) This method works with older versions of ubuntu that i have used it on (ubuntu 8.04.4) But not in Lucid.

It returns an error which comes up on several different clients that i have tested this method on, all of which boot 8.04 fine,

I have included a screen-shot of error text hidden behind ubuntu's Boot splash (viewable by pressing the arrow key) attached to this bug report.

Also this has been posted on the forum here
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=9649581#post

I could be wrong, but maybe it has something to do with the network modules? its defiantly a bug or something, as everyone i have asked this about have been able to re produce the same problem.

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Ron Laws (ron-laws86) wrote :

This is a link to my forum with goes over the method i used to boot ubuntu over the network:
http://www.rons-forum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2&sid=0025f156adceac5fbf6d94781a1b9a77

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Ron Laws (ron-laws86) wrote :

by adding ignore_uuid after boot=casper i was able to get as far as busybox.

however it doesn't seem to be initialising the network, but this can be done manually.

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shankao (shankao) wrote :

Attaching boot screenshot directly to the bug report

description: updated
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shankao (shankao) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage . I have classified this bug as a bug in linux.

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.

affects: ubuntu → linux (Ubuntu)
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shankao (shankao) wrote :

Some logs can be useful. Could you run "apport-collect 612058" in order to attach some logs to this bug? Maybe apport-cli can be of help if you cannot get the network up.
Thanks

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for linux (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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