I just tried to install virtualmin GPL on Ubuntu 14.04 (OVH Box, Distribution Kernel - NOT OVH Kernel) and I get an error that OS is not recognised.
Anyone have any ideas
As Below:
Checking for HTTP client…found /usr/bin/curl -s -O
Checking for perl…found /usr/bin/perl
Loading log4sh logging library…
INFO - Started installation log in /root/virtualmin-install.log
INFO - Checking for fully qualified hostname…
INFO - Hostname OK: fully qualified as serv.mydomain.com
INFO - Installing serial number and license key into /etc/virtualmin-license
INFO - Loading OS selection library…
INFO - Download of http://software.virtualmin.com/lib/oschooser.pl Succeeded.
INFO - Loading OS list…
INFO - Download of http://software.virtualmin.com/lib/os_list.txt Succeeded.
Failed to detect operating system
Hmm, that’s unexpected! So you don’t have a /etc/issue file at all? Or is it just empty?
What you may want to do is make your /etc/issue file the same as /etc/issue.net – it just needs that “Ubuntu 14.04 LTS” line in it. The installer uses that to help it detect the OS.
Once you do that, the installer should be able to continue.
I’m curious though – are you using a VPS, or a dedicated server?
Hmm, I haven’t been able to reproduce what you’re seeing, where a new installation of Ubuntu onto a dedicated server doesn’t generate a /etc/issue file.
Are you by chance able to describe anything about your installation process that might help us determine when that occurs?
What I had done previously during my testing is to perform an installation of the “Server” version of Ubuntu 14.04, and essentially chose what seemed to be the default options.
Do you have any thoughts on the options used during your installation process that may have led to that?