Yes, I have a PXE & DHCP server serving out the netboot kernel and initrd.gz file, as copied from the mirrors in ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main /installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/.
I created a stripped down kickstart file to demonstrate, and will attach the kickstart config file and a resulting syslog. Yes, it's the network configuration step that's failing. The commented-out %pre section in the kickstart file is how I worked around it as previously mentioned. The pxe server is using the following to serve out the boot images: label ubuntu-minimal menu label ^Ubuntu Minimal ipappend 2 kernel ubuntu-installer-11.10/amd64/linux append initrd=ubuntu-installer-11.10/amd64/initrd.gz DEBCONF_DEBUG=5 ks=http://172.18.0.11/ks/ubuntu-minimal.cfg console=ttyS1,115200n8 ** Attachment added: "kickstart file" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcfg/+bug/848072/+attachment/2466023/+files/ubuntu-minimal.cfg -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/848072 Title: [oneiric] net-installer dhcp client fails with a DHCPDECLINE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/netcfg/+bug/848072/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs