Comment 12 for bug 26426

Just tried to use netboot to install to a PowerBook G4 - guessing I ran into this bug.

Transfer FILE: initrd.gz method 'load' failed 00000300
ramdisk load failed !
 ok

http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/edgy/main/installer-powerpc/20060711ubuntu18/images/powerpc/netboot/
initrd.gz 21-Oct-2006 01:41 6.6M

>> Could a reduced kernel/image be made specifically for netboot installs?
> No, not really. The "same vmlinux for installer and installed system" thing is a relatively deeply embedded assumption

How about 3? one different set that uses tftp/kexec to boot the installer, which would be the same as the installed system?

So the installer could still rely on the full kernel/initrd.gz - but there would be a small one that was just there to get the full one loaded.