[10:42] <Walex> The ESM repo subscription (without support) is just $25 per host.
[10:42] <Walex> it is also free for individuals up top 5 hosts IIRC.
[10:43] <Walex> The ESM repo subscription (without support) is just $25 per host per year. Looks quite excellent value to me. Hardly worth bothering rebuilding the binaries unless one has dozens of thousands of systems, in which case I guess Canonical would offer a fixed-price deal.
[10:44] <Walex> sync
[10:59] <FH_thecat> where do I get the "linux" and "initrd.gz" files, so that I can install Ubuntu 22.04 from my tftp server ?
[10:59] <FH_thecat> previously, for 20.04, i could use: wget http://debian.ethz.ch/ubuntu/dists/focal/main/installer-amd64/current/legacy-images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64/{initrd.gz,linux}
[10:59] <FH_thecat> but these files don't exist for 22.04
[11:04] <tomreyn> https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/netbooting-the-live-server-installer/14510
[11:05] <tomreyn> ah sorry, this looks outdated
[11:09] <FH_thecat> I actually did try that. Downloaded the live-server-amd64.iso, extracted vmlinuz and initrd
[11:09] <FH_thecat> but these files do not work
[11:09] <FH_thecat> the installation starts, but then gets stuck at the beginning
[11:10] <FH_thecat> so I concluded, these files are not meant to be booted from tftp
[11:11] <tomreyn> https://www.molnar-peter.hu/en/ubuntu-jammy-netinstall-pxe.html seems to have succeeded with this approach
[11:12] <tomreyn> see also the official documentation (amd64 here) https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/how-to-netboot-the-server-installer-on-amd64
[11:14] <FH_thecat> those links do not even work: wget http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily-live/current/focal-live-server-amd64.iso
[11:14] <FH_thecat> ERROR 404: Not Found
[11:16] <FH_thecat> am I the only one who wants to install from tftp ?
[11:16] <FH_thecat> why does Ubuntu bend over backwards, to make this difficult ?
[11:16] <tomreyn> yes, this must have been working before 'focal' (20.04) was released. https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily-live/current/ now points to 'numble' - what will be 24.04) daily images. i guess you'd rather use 22.04 images, though
[11:17] <FH_thecat> I don't know. Is 24.04 alredy usable ?
[11:18] <FH_thecat> I can try 24.04, just to see if anything works at all
[11:18] <tomreyn> https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/jammy/daily-live/current/ has the current focal server installer images
[11:20] <tomreyn> 24.04 is currently in alpha stage, the beta release was delayed
[11:40] <FH_thecat> so I have extracted the  files form the iso, and now have same problem as before: the installation starts, but gets stuck at the beginning: https://paste.pics/10bfad5bde49766d5469eba0928424f1 
[11:53] <tomreyn> hmm, i'm /guessing/ (not an ubuntu dev) that ingo molnar's grub.cfg would work better.
[11:55] <tomreyn> the "We need to make this section possible to write sanely" note on the official docs don't inherit a lot of trust for me. maybe some of the notes on https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-netboot-the-server-installer-on-amd64/16620/10 help
[14:43] <miceiken> Is there any way to know why "*** System restart required ***" ?
[14:50] <tomreyn> cat /var/run/reboot-required.pkgs
[15:36] <MTecknology> tomreyn: Are you saying discourse is "official docs"?
[15:36] <tomreyn> it's the source for them
[15:37] <tomreyn> https://help.ubuntu.com is where the generated docs are
[15:52] <MTecknology> That documentation is built from discourse??
[15:52] <MTecknology> I can't even interact with the server docs site without enabling javascript and reducing browser security. :/
[15:58] <tomreyn> actually, just some of the docs are built from discourse, specifically https://ubuntu.com/server/docs - some of the others seem to be assembled differently.
[16:01] <MTecknology> That seems like an absurdly ridiculous documentation design
[16:04] <MTecknology> wow ...
[16:05] <MTecknology> well, at least they've provided evidence that this model doesn't work! :P