Public bug reported:
Install a standard PXE boot configuration with the pxe package,
dhcp3-server, atftpd. I used /tftpboot as root catalog for atftpd
(standard).
>From the xubuntu-6.06-alternate-i386.iso image copy all files and
subdirectories from /install/netboot to /tftpboot (Make sure permissions
are right so atftpd can actually read the files and search the
directories).
Make symlinks like this:
boot-screens -> ubuntu-installer/i386/boot-screens/
initrd.gz -> ubuntu-installer/i386/initrd.gz
linux -> ubuntu-installer/i386/linux
pxelinux.0 -> ubuntu-installer/i386/pxelinux.0
pxelinux.cfg -> ubuntu-installer/i386/pxelinux.cfg
Stop any other DHCP server on your test network and setup the device you
want to install to boot with PXE. Boot it.
This boots and installs the Ubuntu desktop install, not the Xubuntu
desktop.
This is rather annoying with old laptops that can only boot from
floppies, not from CD-ROMs, so you have to do a netboot install to put
Xubuntu on them, and they are not really beefy enough to run Ubuntu.
** Affects: Ubuntu
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
** Affects: Baltix
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
** Also affects: Baltix
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
** Tags added: xubuntu
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Netboot install from Xubuntu alternate install installs Ubuntu desktop, not
Xubuntu desktop
https://launchpad.net/bugs/55271
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