Ticket #904 (closed defect: fixed)

Opened 13 years ago

Last modified 13 years ago

Installer bootstrapping stuff should be at least Maverick

Reported by: jdreed Owned by: jdreed
Priority: high Milestone: Natty Beta
Component: -- Keywords:
Cc: Fixed in version:
Upstream bug:

Description

Currently, we still use Jaunty for the initial basic bootstrapping in PXE. This fails on the Dell 790 due to a lack of support for network cards. We should upgrade to Maverick

Change History

comment:1 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed

  • Status changed from new to accepted
  • Owner changed from amb to jdreed

Tangentially related, I'm going to ask network to change the pxe entry to specify a url parameter of:

url=http://18.9.60.73/installer/current/debathena.preseed

Then we can manage current with symlinks. I have created the necessary symlinks such that current points to debathena-jaunty (which the installer was still using, even though it was actually installing lucid). Once the change is in place, I'll repoint current at lucid.

comment:2 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed

OK, the aforementioned change is in place. I've asked network to also create a "Debathena (Testing)" entry with a Natty kernel and initrd, with a url pointed at http://18.9.60.73/installer/testing/debathena.preseed, so we can make sure it doesn't break anything.

comment:3 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed

Network says there's no more room in the PXE menu, so we don't get a testing entry. So we'll need to do some testing before we ask for a switch to the natty kernel.

comment:4 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed

OK, amb tells me this was originally not done because kexec -e would lock up hard on >= Lucid. This appears to be no longer the case. For maximum hilarity, kexec -e still locks up hard if run within a gnome-terminal in Natty, but if I switch to a VT and run it, it's fine. I'm going to test a bit more and then ask Network to drop in a natty kernel for stage 1, but keep the jaunty one somewhere for a bit in case the world explodes.

comment:5 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed

OK, tested. Mail sent to network asking them to swap in the natty kernel so we can support the 790s.

comment:6 Changed 13 years ago by jdreed

  • Status changed from accepted to closed
  • Resolution set to fixed

Stage 1 is now natty.

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