Ubuntu Daily (ppc64el): No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources.

[Paulo Flabiano Smorigo]

Using the Ubuntu daily from today (2014-10-15) the installation shows the following message:

   ┌──────────────────────┤ [!] Install the system ├───────────────────────┐
   │ │
   │ No installable kernel was found in the defined APT sources. │
  ┌│ │
  ││ You may try to continue without a kernel, and manually install your │
  ││ own kernel later. This is only recommended for experts, otherwise you │
  ││ will likely end up with a machine that doesn't boot. │
  ││ │
  ││ Continue without installing a kernel? │
  └│ │
   │ <Go Back> <Yes> <No> │
   │ │
   └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Media info:
Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha ppc64el (20141015)

Just checked that /boot/ is empty.

My qemu line:
qemu-system-ppc64 -enable-kvm -M pseries -smp 4,cores=2,threads=4 -m 4G -device spapr-vscsi -device spapr-vlan,netdev=net0,mac=4C:45:42:45:66:01 -netdev bridge,br=br0,id=net0 -serial stdio -nodefaults -drive file=disk.raw -cdrom /home/pfsmorigo/ISOs/utopic-server-ppc64el_2014-10-15.iso -boot order=d -nographic

I attached log files as well.

[Paulo Flabiano Smorigo (pfsmorigo)]

I mean /target/boot when I said that /boot is empty...

~ # mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw,size=1913664k,nr_inodes=29901)
none on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=417152k,mode=755)
none on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
none on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1913664k,nr_inodes=29901,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
/dev/sr0 on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,relatime)
/dev/sda2 on /target type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)
/dev/sr0 on /target/media/cdrom type iso9660 (ro,relatime)
~ # ls -al /target/boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 23 20:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 22 root root 4096 Oct 15 19:59 ..
~ #

[Thierry FAUCK (thierry-j)]

Same issue with daily build dated of the 16th.

[Paulo Flabiano Smorigo (pfsmorigo)]

I think this bug is related:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt/+bug/1380774

[Thierry FAUCK (thierry-j)]

same issue with daily of the 17

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Juan G Rivera (jgrivera)]

Any target date for this fix?

[Breno Leitão (breno-leitao)]

This bug is finally fixed on the weekend bug per comments in bug#1380774..