On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 09:20:25AM -0700, Joe Areeda wrote: > > > On 04/13/2011 05:03 PM, Brian Murray wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 01:38:07PM -0700, Brian Murray wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 07:56:56AM -0700, Joe Areeda wrote: > >>> When filing a bug report or a mail list post, what is the best UID for > >>> an iso image? > >>> > >>> I've been using something like "Natty amd64 iso zsynced 4/5/2011". I > >>> suppose given the international nature of Ubuntu I should use 2011-4-5 > >>> for the date but besides that how do you unambiguously specify which > >>> version we're talking about. > >> I found the following on a loopback mounted ISO in isolinux/f1.txt: > >> > >> This is an installation system for Ubuntu 11.04. > >> It was built on 20110411. > >> > >> That's the date one should use. It might appear elsewhere when actually > >> running the image. > > It's in /cdrom/syslinux/f1.txt too. > > > > -- > > Brian Murray > > Ubuntu Bug Master > > > Interestingly a bootable USB is different than the CD and it's in > /media/<UID>/isolinux/f1.txt. > > I've searched and cannot find it on an installed system. Right now > dmesg has the same date on the kernel > > "Linux version 2.6.38-8-generic (buildd@allspice) (gcc version 4.5.2 > (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.5.2-8ubuntu3) ) #42-Ubuntu SMP Mon Apr 11 03:31:24 UTC > 2011 (Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2)" > > But I think Brian's method is best. > > Maybe an RFE for the installer to save some sort identifier somewhere?
Its in /var/log/installer/media-info if you've installed Ubuntu relatively recently. Additionally, apport includes this information in bug reports as a key in the description as InstallationMedia. -- Brian Murray Ubuntu Bug Master
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