I setup and fully configured ubuntu-12.04-server machine with cobbler/dhcp running in about 10 minutes (compared to taking over an hour on centos 5.8). I discovered the cobbler import which appears to be useful. Does this remove the need to use a cobbler distro add? whenever I run a cobbler report after a successful import of ubuntu desktop iso:

sudo cobbler import --name=Ubuntu --path=/mnt --breed=debian
task started: 2012-12-13_163245_import
task started (id=Media import, time=Thu Dec 13 16:32:45 2012)
Found a debian/ubuntu compatible signature: pool
adding distros
avoiding symlink loop
avoiding symlink loop
avoiding symlink loop
associating repos
associating kickstarts
*** TASK COMPLETE ***

I just get the following (nothing):

distros:
==========

profiles:
==========

systems:
==========

repos:
==========

images:
==========

mgmtclasses:
==========

packages:
==========

files:
==========

I was rather hoping that I wouldn't have to do the traditional copying of all files in /mnt to a new /distro directory and then perform a cobbler distro add --initrd=/path/to/inird --kernel=/path/to/kernel

Maybe I am mistaken about what the import actually does for me. If someone could elaborate on what the import is actually for please do.