Hi all - [ apologies for the cross-post from -users, but I only just noticed that this list wasn't *solely* the preserve of d-i/etc development ]
* The problem I'm getting a VFS kernel panic when the auto-install invocation "linux auto url=$URI" is used at boot as per the installation manual: http://jpluscplusm.com/auto-install-failure.png (screenshot of panic) * A bit more detail: I'm trying to automate the deployment of some LTS servers using preseed. As a stopgap before getting dedicated dhcp+pxe+tftp going, I'm attempting to prove the validity of the preseed config (accessible via http://IP/) alongside a physical copy of Lucid's 64-bit mini.iso. (This is on an R300, FWIW) The "auto installation" section of the 10.04 manual (https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/amd64/preseed-using.html#preseed-auto) suggests that booting with just "linux auto url=http://10.1.2.3/config"; is both valid and sufficient. I'm finding, however, that I get a VFS panic very early on, as detailed in this screenshot: http://jpluscplusm.com/auto-install-failure.png. * How I've troubleshot so far: I successfully installed from the same mini.iso CD on this machine previously. DHCP is known to be working and handing out working DNS in a timely fashion. I've tried adding "raid=noautodetect" to the kernel params to no avail (as per the screenshot). I've also tried adding "interface=auto dhcp_timeout=60" and many permutations of these params. Any thoughts? Is auto-install supported by the Lucid mini.iso? Am i missing some net-related preseed params/config which wouldn't need explicitly stating if I'd PXE'd the image over (i.e. local network config would be known-good)? Many thanks, Jonathan -- Jonathan Matthews London, UK http://www.jpluscplusm.com/contact.html -- Ubuntu-installer mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-installer
