Re: Can't set arch to x86_64 (with distro add/edit --arch)

[Michael DeHaan]

Chris O'Regan wrote:
>  Importing a DVD correctly determines the architecture and sets it
> correctly:
>
>  distro               : testing-x86_64
>  breed                : redhat
>  os version           : rhel5
>  architecture         : x86_64
>  initrd               : /mnt/images/pxeboot/initrd.img
>  kernel               : /mnt/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
>  kernel options       : {}
>  post kernel options  : {}
>  ks metadata          : {'tree': 
>  'nfs://filer-appdata01:/vol/dvol/appdata/osimages/redhat/iso/rhel-5.2/'}
>  owners               : ['admin']
>
>  But even when I specify the architecture as "x86_64", using "distro
> add" 
>  or "distro edit" always sets the architecture to "i386".
>
>  cobbler distro add \
>  --name=rhel-5.2-server-x86_64 \
>  --kernel=/appdata/osimages/redhat/bootimages/rhel-5.2-server-x86_64/vmlinuz 
>  \
>  --initrd=/appdata/osimages/redhat/bootimages/rhel-5.2-server-x86_64/initrd.img 
>  \ 
>
> --ksmeta="tree=nfs://filer-appdata01:/vol/dvol/appdata/osimages/redhat/iso/rhel-5.2/"
>
>  \
>  --arch=x86_64 \
>  --breed=redhat \
>  --os-version=rhel5
>     
rpm - q cobbler please ?



>  Results in:
>
>  distro               : rhel-5.2-server-x86_64
>  breed                : redhat
>  os version           : rhel5
>  architecture         : i386
>  initrd               : 
>  /appdata/osimages/redhat/bootimages/rhel-5.2-server-x86_64/initrd.img
>  kernel               : 
>  /appdata/osimages/redhat/bootimages/rhel-5.2-server-x86_64/vmlinuz
>  kernel options       : {}
>  post kernel options  : {}
>  ks metadata          : {'tree': 
>  'nfs://filer-appdata01:/vol/dvol/appdata/osimages/redhat/iso/rhel-5.2/'}
>  owners               : ['admin']
>
>  The only way to change the architecture is to manually modify the file 
>  in distro.d.
>
>
>  Chris
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