Compatibility files for provisioning older platforms with xCAT.
Ubuntu 14.04 through 16.04.1 shipped server ISOs with a ppc64el initrd that could not PXE boot. The xcat-compat package provides netboot-capable initrd files extracted from Canonical's official mini.iso images.
Starting with Ubuntu 16.04.2, the standard server ISO includes a netboot-capable initrd. This package is not needed for 16.04.2 or later.
| File | Source |
|---|---|
ubuntu14.04.1.ppc64el.gz |
Canonical mini.iso for Ubuntu 14.04.1 ppc64el |
ubuntu14.04.2.ppc64el.gz |
Canonical mini.iso for Ubuntu 14.04.2 ppc64el |
ubuntu14.04.3.ppc64el.gz |
Canonical mini.iso for Ubuntu 14.04.3 ppc64el |
ubuntu14.04.4.ppc64el.gz |
Canonical mini.iso for Ubuntu 14.04.4 ppc64el |
ubuntu16.04.ppc64el.gz |
Canonical mini.iso for Ubuntu 16.04 ppc64el |
ubuntu16.04.1.ppc64el.gz |
Canonical mini.iso for Ubuntu 16.04.1 ppc64el |
Install this package only if you need to provision Ubuntu 14.04 or 16.04.0-16.04.1 on ppc64el systems:
# RPM-based systems
yum install xCAT-compat
# DEB-based systems
apt install xcat-compat
When copycds detects an affected Ubuntu ISO, it will automatically use the initrd from this package. If the package is not installed, copycds will print an error with installation instructions.
EPL-1.0 (xCAT packaging). The initrd files are Canonical's work, distributed under Ubuntu's standard license terms.