Can't boot installer off PXE server
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Please excuse if ubiquity is not the appropriate module.
1) 20.04
2) n/a
3) Expected result: 20.04 can be booted just like 18.04 off a PXE server
4)
Scenario:
ubuntu 20.04
I copied all the files from /casper to a directory on a PXE server, the relevant part in pxelinux.cfg is
LABEL u200464lts
KERNEL u200464/
APPEND root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=
I boot a machine using PXE, select the abovementioned entry.
screenn output:
Loading vmlinuz...
Loading initrd..
..
boot process continues to
Begin: Running /scripts/
done.
Begin: Trying netboot from 192.168.
connect: Network is unreachable
NFS over TCP not available from 192.168.100.205
this is repeated until a busybox is shown
All file permissions are set to 444
Using 18.04
This is the relevant part of pxelinux.cfg
LABEL u180464
KERNEL u180464/
APPEND root=/dev/nfs/ boot=casper netboot=nfs nfsroot=
...and everything is working fine, after
Begin: Running /scripts/
the network interface is configured.