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[netboot] /lib/preseed/fetch-methods/{ftp,http} empty

Bug #94786 reported by Timo Aaltonen
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debian-installer (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Colin Watson
Ubuntu ubuntu-7.04
libdebian-installer (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

The current netboot images (i386, amd64) seem to be faulty somehow, because the files ftp and http in /lib/preseed/fetch-methods/ are empty ('file' is not). I have no idea why, I've netbooted feisty successfully on Mar. 8, and now that I tried (with -0ubuntu1{6,7,8}) it fails.

The initrd is fine, files are there and the size is correct. Using BOOT_DEBUG=3 makes it go into a debug shell, but the files are empty already while there.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

and we have a duplicate! :)

Could this be a kernel issue?

Changed in debian-installer:
importance: Undecided → High
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Andreas Roth (aroth) wrote :

the initrd causes this issue.
It contains the http and ftp files but it seems that these files are linked (when i unpack it on another machine cpio raises a warning).
I corrected this issue on my machine by deleting the ftp and http file and recreate them and then recreate the initrd.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

another duplicate

Changed in debian-installer:
assignee: nobody → kamion
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Should be fixed by the preseed 1.28 sync I just did, which uses dh_link and so will create a symlink rather than a hard link. We'll see what happens once I rebuild d-i against it.

Changed in debian-installer:
status: Confirmed → In Progress
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

current daily-image does not work, same problem. Should it be fixed in it?

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

I recreated the initrd by copying the http-file to a different name, then removing the old files, renaming again to http and then symlinked ftp to it and repackaged the initrd. That made it work again.

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Marc Tardif (cr3) wrote :

I can confirm that the current daily-image does not work here either.

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Johannes Thönes (jthoenes) wrote :

Testet successfully on 20061102ubuntu20.

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Marc Tardif (cr3) wrote :

Tested successfully on the current daily image, 20070330.1.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

I trust those who have confirmed the issue fixed, so closing the bug. I' can't test before Monday.

Changed in debian-installer:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Pertti Uusiluoto (peruus) wrote :

I like Fttp methodist

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Pertti Uusiluoto (peruus) wrote :

I have Bittorrent download. If okey?.

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Pertti Uusiluoto (peruus) wrote :

OK..

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

I don't know why Launchpad user jalf recently opened a task for this bug on libdebian-installer, but since no comment was given I'll assume it was an accident and close it again.

Changed in libdebian-installer:
status: New → Invalid
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