Comment 15 for bug 1407714

We have observed two problems here.

1. the initrd.gz that comes with the ISO image does not work for ppc64le.

2. The initrd.gz image at the time of filing this bug fails to recognize the broadcom network cards on the IBM tuletta ppc64le systems.

At one point during this year there was a 14.04.2 initrd.gz image that did work and we captured that and have kept a copy..

the file that was posted as of:

````
     ???????????????????? [!!] Configure the network ?????????????????????
     ? ?
     ? Installation step failed ?
     ? An installation step failed. You can try to run the failing item ?
     ? again from the menu, or skip it and choose something else. The ?
     ? failing step is: Configure the network ?
     ? ?
     ? <Continue> ?
     ? ?
     ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

````

This copy obtained earlier this year works:
md5sum initrd.gz
61fc21cced97a2104ca3d768404b122a initrd.gz

However the copy obtained from:

http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/trusty-updates/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/utopic-netboot/ubuntu-installer/ppc64el/initrd.gz

fails with the above error. When you go to the command shell and do an "ip a" you see that it failed to see any NIC cards.

Having a "working" copy of initrd.gz is very very important, and 2. not having to jump through hoops to deal with ppc64le architectures is also important.

Please get us a working copy of the initrd.gz and make it available on on the distro CD to make it easier for those doing network provisioning to set things up.