I'm not even getting to kickstarts -- and, in fact, I'm not using them.
Here are my distro and profile for the profile I've chosen from the boot
menu:
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 : {}
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 : {}
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
Do I need to point it at the default, do-nothing kickstart for this to work?
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Scot Floess <sfloess(a)redhat.com> wrote:
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]"
------------------------------
*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.
>>
>>
>> --
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>> The Damascus Group
>> Fairfax, VA
>>
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