I'm trying to install Ubuntu 12.10 with PXE (Cobbler) and Kickstart from a local server. At some point, the installation stops telling me it cannot upload a file from mirror. The install log on the workstation looks fine and here's the end of the log :
net-retriever: gpgv: Good signature from "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key <cdimage@ubuntu.com>"
anna [4222]: cat: can't open '/tmp/net-retriever-4226-deduplicate/*': No such file or directory
I don't see any errors (404) on the apache's logs.
I have a similar setup for 12.04 that works fine and the only difference is the use of Ubuntu's alternate CD. For 12.10, I used the default ISO I added manually the netboot folder to my installation image (netboot.tar.gz uncompressed to install/netboot folder).
PXE entry looks like this:
LABEL ubuntu-12.10-i386
kernel /images/ubuntu-12.10-i386/linux
MENU LABEL ubuntu-12.10-i386
append initrd=/images/ubuntu-12.10-i386/initrd.gz ksdevice=bootif lang= preseed/url=http://10.0.0.1/cblr/ks_mirror/ubuntu-12.10-i386/preseed/ubuntu.seed locale=en_US text kssendmac priority=critical ks=http://10.0.0.1/cblr/svc/op/ks/profile/ubuntu-12.10-i386
Kickstart file:
#Generated by Kickstart Configurator
#platform=x86
#System language
lang fr_CA
#Language modules to install
langsupport fr_CA
#System keyboard
keyboard ca_multix
#System mouse
mouse
#System timezone
timezone America/Montreal
#Root password
rootpw --disabled
#Initial user
user administrateur --fullname "user" --iscrypted --password ***
#Reboot after installation
reboot
#Use text mode install
text
#Install OS instead of upgrade
install
#Use CDROM installation media
#cdrom
# Use network installation
url --url=http://10.0.0.1/cblr/ks_mirror/ubuntu-12.10-i386
#System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr
#Clear the Master Boot Record
zerombr yes
#Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel
#Disk partitioning information
part /boot --fstype ext4 --size 512 --asprimary
part swap --size 4096
part / --fstype ext4 --size 30720
part /home --fstype ext4 --size 1 --grow
#System authorization infomation
auth --useshadow --enablemd5
#Network information
network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0
#Firewall configuration
firewall --disabled
#Do not configure the X Window System
skipx
%pre
exec < /dev/tty6 > /dev/tty6 2> /dev/tty6
chvt 6
MACHINE=""
while [ "$MACHINE" == "" ]; do
echo -n "Machine name: "
read MACHINE
done
echo "MACHINE=$MACHINE" > /tmp/answers.txt
DOMAINE=""
while [ "$DOMAIN" == "" ]; do
echo -n "Domain name: "
read DOMAIN
done
echo "DOMAIN=$DOMAIN" >> /tmp/answers.txt
chvt 1
exec < /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty1 2> /dev/tty1
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