Bret,
Yep sure does :)
Try going into Cobbler and changing the distro to be Fedora 17 (from generic) and sync (to
build up the PXE stuff)...
I was having the same problem ;)
I think if you look @ whatever kickstart is generated, you'll see it gives you a line
like this:
--url = $tree
So, "cobbler system getks --name [name of your system that is a F17 distro]"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bret Wortman" <bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>
To: "cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:23:05 AM
Subject: Re: [cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now?
I just removed and re-imported my F17 distro and profiles from the
mirror (I tried using the ISO, but couldn't get it to work). I took
notes on the error that results when booting from the F17-PAE-i386
image and here's what I get:
[ 12.846909] dracut: anaconda using disk root at /dev/sr0
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
[ 12.857996] dracut Warning: no suitable images
dracut Warning: no suitable images
[ 34.925756] dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue
dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue
[ 34.926450] dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist
dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist
Dropping to debug shell.
dracut:/#
Does anything there look familiar to anyone?
Bret
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Bret Wortman <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com > wrote:
> Just for completeness, here's what I got after my cobbler
import:
> # cobbler distro report
> :
> Name : F17-PAE-i386
> Architecture : i386
> TFTP Boot Files : {}
> Breed : redhat
> Comment :
> Fetchable Files : {}
> Initrd :
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/initrd-PAE.img
> Kernel :
> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz-PAE
> Kernel Options : {'repo': 'http://
>
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Everything/i386/os/
> '}
> Kernel Options (Post Install) : {}
> Kickstart Metadata : {'tree':
> 'http://@@http_server@@/cblr/links/F17-PAE-i386'}
> > Management Classes : []
>
> > OS Version : generic26
>
> > Owners : ['admin']
>
> > Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>>
>
> > Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>>
>
> > Template Files : {}
>
> :
> > # cobbler profile report
>
> :
> Name : F17-PAE-i386
> TFTP Boot Files : {}
> Comment :
> DHCP Tag : default
> Distribution : F17-PAE-i386
> > Enable gPXE? : 0
>
> > Enable PXE Menu? : 1
>
> > Fetchable Files : {}
>
> > Kernel Options : {}
>
> > Kernel Options (Post Install) : {}
>
> > Kickstart :
>
> > Kickstart Metadata : {}
>
> > Management Classes : []
>
> > Management Parameters : <<inherit>>
>
> > Name Servers : []
>
> > Name Servers Search Path : []
>
> > Owners : ['admin']
>
> > Parent Profile :
>
> > Proxy :
>
> > Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>>
>
> > Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>>
>
> > Repos : []
>
> > Server Override : <<inherit>>
>
> > Template Files : {}
>
> > Virt Auto Boot : 1
>
> > Virt Bridge : xenbr0
>
> > Virt CPUs : 1
>
> > Virt Disk Driver Type : raw
>
> > Virt File Size(GB) : 5
>
> > Virt Path :
>
> > Virt RAM (MB) : 512
>
> > Virt Type : qemu
>
> :
> I don't use kickstart yet, mostly because each system I set
up ends
> up being so customized that I haven't figured out a way to leverage
> kickstart well. That's why those sections are completely empty.
>
Bret
>
> On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Scot Floess <
sfloess(a)redhat.com >
> wrote:
> > I had no issue PXE booting F17 using either i386 or
x86_64...
>
> > Does it start the install or is there some other issue? I
did
> > have
> > problems in the the --url=$tree was coming up wrong and my
> > install
> > failed (I had to tell Cobbler it was Fedora 17). But it all works
> > for me...
>
> > > From: "Bret Wortman" <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com >
> >
>
> > > To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> >
>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:37:42 AM
> >
>
> > > Subject: [cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now?
> >
>
> > > Has anyone figured out how to PXE boot F17 from
Cobbler now?
> > > Specifically, I'm trying to figure out how to specify the
> > > "inst.repo=" line now that it's required.
> >
>
> > > I tried adding it via --kopts, but that hasn't
appeared to
> > > work.
> > > I'll
> > > keep experimenting, but was wondering if anyone had solved this
> > > already.
> >
>
> > > Bret Wortman
> >
>
> > > The Damascus Group
> >
>
> > > Fairfax, VA
> >
>
> > >
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> >
>
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