[Bug 1028046] Re: choose-mirror doesn't recognize a valid precise mirror and instead searched for generic26

[Brian Murray]

** Changed in: debian-installer (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Medium

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Title:
  choose-mirror doesn't recognize a valid precise mirror and instead
  searched for generic26

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am trying to remotely install a system using cobbler and a precise mini i386 image with md5sum e4d16caf537be112f3dc9ba94e158cf7.  When I use that image to install a virtual machine, it works fine.  When I use the image on a physical machine, choose-mirror fails.  It runs:
  wget -w http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
  which outputs:
  Suite: precise
  Codename: precise
  After this, it tries to run:
  wget -w http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/generic26/Release -O - | grep -E '^(Suite|Codename):'
  and fails because there is no generic26 directory.

  On a virtual machine, the first download correctly sets the Suite and
  Codename, and the install proceeds from there.  I have verified that
  the md5sum of the output of the command on the physical and virtual
  machines matches, but choose-mirror appears to be interpreting them
  differntly.  I can send along the preseeds I am using if that helps,
  but no preseed changes I have so far discovered will make the physical
  machine work.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: debian-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Jul 23 12:52:51 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120328)
  MachineType: LENOVO 7052B9U
  MemoryUsage:
   total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
   Mem:      16390160   12642772    3747388          0     312604    5340636
   -/+ buffers/cache:    6989532    9400628
   Swap:     24195072      84152   24110920
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-26-generic root=UUID=ab0744e3-237d-4292-b260-a71e4a44443b ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: debian-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/10/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.bios.version: 9HKT47AUS
  dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr9HKT47AUS:bd01/10/2012:svnLENOVO:pn7052B9U:pvrThinkCentreM91p:rvnLENOVO:rn:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
  dmi.product.name: 7052B9U
  dmi.product.version: ThinkCentre M91p
  dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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