USB install guide should point to hd-media, not just netboot
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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installation-guide (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
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Actual result:
The guide is not clear that I should use a different boot.img.gz for network-based install and ISO-based install, esp. when quickly skimming over it.
"Copying the files — the easy way
There is an all-in-one file netboot/boot.img.gz (link) which contains a..."
This does not state that you *cannot* use that together with an ISO. This is not obvious either (I assumed there's only one installer, not two mutually exclusive versions).
"Adding an ISO image
...
If you want to install over the network, without using an ISO image, you will of course skip the previous step. Moreover you will have to use the initial ramdisk from the netboot directory instead of the one from hd-media, because hd-media/initrd.gz does not have network support."
This does not contain a link.
Expected result:
Given that there are two *different* boot.img.gz for ISO install and network install, and another way of copying files manually, I suggest that there are 3 sections in the tutorial:
1. USB boot image for networked install
2. USB boot image for local install with ISO image
3. Manually creating the USB stick using the ISO image
The 1. and 2. section contain different different links to the hd-media/
Changed in installation-guide: | |
importance: | Undecided → Medium |
status: | New → Triaged |
This bug still exists in the 8.10 documentation, even though it likely will be taken into account for the 9.04 documentation.
I'll gladly rewrite this and check it in, if possible.