"cobbler check" should be cleared about not needing network boot drivers

Bug #918350 reported by Steve Conklin
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
cobbler (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Low
Andres Rodriguez

Bug Description

Running "cobbler check" generates the following:

1 : some network boot-loaders are missing from /var/lib/cobbler/loaders, you may run 'cobbler get-loaders' to download them, or, if you only want to handle x86/x86_64 netbooting, you may ensure that you have installed a *recent* version of the syslinux package installed and can ignore this message entirely. Files in this directory, should you want to support all architectures, should include pxelinux.0, menu.c32, elilo.efi, and yaboot. The 'cobbler get-loaders' command is the easiest way to resolve these requirements.

It could be clearer that Ubuntu has syslinux installed, and these drivers aren't needed.

If you do download the drivers, they are fetched from:

http://dgoodwin.fedorapeople.org/loaders

which seems like unnecessary reliance on infrastructure outside of Ubuntu

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: cobbler 2.1.0+git20110602-0ubuntu26.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic-pae 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jan 18 13:03:08 2012
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: cobbler
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2012-01-18 (0 days ago)

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Steve Conklin (sconklin) wrote :
Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Andres Rodriguez (andreserl)
Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
status: New → In Progress
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package cobbler - 2.2.2-0ubuntu18

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cobbler (2.2.2-0ubuntu18) precise; urgency=low

  * debian/patches/63_fix_arch_in_mirror_path.patch: Fix double-adding the
    arch on the mirror path. (LP: #918796)
  * debian/patches/64_ubuntu_cobbler_check_disable_loaders.patch: Disable
    check for external bootloaders. Only check for syslinux. (LP: #918350)
 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:04:11 -0500

Changed in cobbler (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Released
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