Ubuntu
cobbler package

Use chain.c32 rather than LOCALBOOT -1

Bug #898838 reported by Dave Walker
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
cobbler (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Andres Rodriguez
Ubuntu precise-alpha-2

Bug Description

...
LABEL local
        MENU LABEL (local)
        MENU DEFAULT
        LOCALBOOT -1

...

localboot $value, has varying degrees of success depending on the hardware. It is also seems to be incompatible with using ipxe.

Switching to:
...
LABEL local
        KERNEL chain.c32
...

Seems to provide a more reliable boot experience, and is also compatible with ipxe.

..

chain.c32 needs to be installed to /var/lib/tftpboot/ (where menu.c32 currently is, provided by the same syslinux depends.)

Thanks.

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lp:ubuntu/precise/cobbler
Dave Walker (davewalker)
Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
milestone: none → precise-alpha-2
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Dave Walker (davewalker) wrote :

(ARM will require special-casing)

Andres Rodriguez (andreserl)
Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Andres Rodriguez (andreserl)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Andres Rodriguez (andreserl)
Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cobbler - 2.2.2-0ubuntu7

---------------
cobbler (2.2.2-0ubuntu7) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches:
    - 45_add_gpxe_support.patch: Updated to only use menu.gpxe when gpxe
      is enabled and not always. (LP: #8417268)
    - 61_ubuntu_pxe_chainc32_default.patch: Use chain.c32 for localboot,
      rather than 'LOCALBOOT -1' by default. (LP: #898838)
 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:15:41 -0500

Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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Nish Aravamudan (nacc) wrote :

Just would like to point out this patch, which was picked up by Debian, breaks `cobbler sync` by default. I'm planning on dropping it, because it's clearly not being maintained and is an unnecessary (afaict) divergence from upstream (and if it's not, then the patch shoudl have been sent upstream).

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