sky2 module missing in hardy initramfs netboot function

[mixersoft]

Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

here is the post which describes the problem: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5798505#post5798505

here is the solution i used:

The good people at IRC #ltsp helped me solve the problem

here's what I did to get PXE boot to work with the marvell/sky2 driver

   1. sudo nano /opt/ltsp/i386/etc/initramfs-tools/modules and add "sky2"
   2. sudo nano /opt/ltsp/i386/usr/share/initramfs-tools/hook-functions and
      add "sky2" at the end of this line:

          r8169 s2io sis900 skge slhc smc911x starfire sky2 \

   3. sudo chroot /opt/ltsp/i386 update-initramfs -u
   4. sudo ltsp-update-kernels
   5. and problem solved!

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This was fixed in Ubuntu 8.10 when we merged this from Debian:

initramfs-tools (0.92) unstable; urgency=low

  Release "Ogni contrada è patria del ribelle"

  [ maximilian attems ]
  * init: export ROOTFLAGS + ROOTFSTYPE.
  * debian/control: s/XS-Vcs/Vcs/
  * mkinitramfs: Drop gzip -9 option. (closes: #470869)
    Thanks Tollef Fog Heen <email address hidden>.
  * Ignore lintian warnings about empty directories.
  * framebuffer: Let udev create fb devices.
  * framebuffer: Leave tty devices for udev too.
  * manpages: fix hyphen-used-as-minus-sign
  * init: fix mkdir usage.
  * init: Set proper permissions of /dev/console mknod fallback.
  * scripts/function: Use mknod directly.
  * debian/control: Depend on latest klibc for mknod usage.
  * scripts/functions: fix configure_networking() for multiple interfaces.
    (closes: #467078) Thanks Michal Sojka <email address hidden>.
  * ps3 nuke useless hardcoded initramfs script. (closes: #468113)
  * resume: Add support for resume_offset swap file suspend to disk.
    (closes: #474691) Thanks Alan Jenkins <email address hidden>.
  * update-initramfs: Rename function according to reliability fix.
  * hook-functions: Add atl1, cxgb3, e1000e, igb, ipg, niu, sky2 to
    net section of initramfs modules. (closes: #463607)
  * hook-functions: MODULES=dep fix ps3 support.
  * initramfs-tools.8: Small documentation fixes. (closes: #467627)

  [ [e-mail] ]
  * configure_network(): do nothing if device already configured.
    (closes: #465901)

  [ Joey Hess ]
  * update-initramfs: use dpkg-trigger. (closes: #447611)

  [ Luke Yelavich ]
  * update-initramfs: Initramfs generation reliability fixes.
    (closes: #468112)

  [ Fabio M. Di Nitto ]
  * hook-functions: Add support for sunvnet and sunvdc.

 -- maximilian attems <email address hidden> Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:42:49 +0200

[Rubeosis (faspie)]

I can confirm this bug with Ubuntu Hardy LTSP fat clients on two FSC Notebooks with gigabit netcards.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Hardy has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the Hardy task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".