Feature #5905

Automatically start the Debian Installer when booting a guest over PXE on lizard

Added by Tails 2013-07-18 07:47:56 . Updated 2016-01-26 16:29:37 .

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
Low
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Category:
Infrastructure
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% Done:

0%

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Type of work:
Sysadmin
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#1 Updated by intrigeri 2013-10-04 05:22:40

  • Assignee set to bertagaz
  • QA Check set to Info Needed
  • Starter set to No

I’m unsure what this means exactly. Reassigning to bertagaz in case he knows better, hmm?

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-29 03:21:04

  • Category set to Infrastructure

#3 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-29 03:22:19

Ping?

#4 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-29 03:22:50

  • Subject changed from automatically start pxelinux when booting over PXE on lizard to Automatically start pxelinux when booting over PXE on lizard

#5 Updated by bertagaz 2013-12-29 08:54:10

To be honest, I’m unsure too what this ticket is meaning.

I’m wondering if it is related to a discussion we had once, about getting rid of the need to use virt-manager to connect to the VNC console of the installed system to choose the right debian installer entry in the pxe menu (namely: Debian Installer (Wheezy ; amd64 + Preseed)). As this is the only useful one at the moment, this could be started automatically without needing a user interaction with the pxe menu.

OTOH, we might in the future want to have a Jessie installation option, so I’m unsure this ticket is really relevant.

Appart from that, I don’t see another explanation to this ticket.

#6 Updated by intrigeri 2013-12-29 09:03:15

  • Subject changed from Automatically start pxelinux when booting over PXE on lizard to Automatically start the Debian Installer when booting a guest over PXE on lizard
  • Assignee deleted (bertagaz)
  • QA Check deleted (Info Needed)

OK, thanks for clarifying. Retitling accordingly. I’m in favour of setting a low priority on that one, please do it if you agree.

#7 Updated by bertagaz 2013-12-29 15:56:12

  • Priority changed from Normal to Low

#8 Updated by BitingBird 2014-04-09 15:40:49

  • Target version set to Tails_2.0

#9 Updated by intrigeri 2014-04-09 15:54:16

  • Target version deleted (Tails_2.0)

This would rather be useful until we want to install VMs based on Jessie on lizard (without upgrading them from Wheezy), so I don’t think a 4.0 milestone is appropriate here.

#10 Updated by intrigeri 2016-01-26 16:29:37

  • Status changed from Confirmed to Rejected

Most of the time we have to support at least 2 different versions of Debian, so this can’t work in practice.