cannot find kickstart while installing system

[Jakub Hrozek]

Hi,
I've got a problem installing a cobbler system -- Anaconda would end
with an error message "Could not open kickstart file or included file
named None".

The system is based on a profile and I'm able to install virt guests
with koan based on this profile[1] with no problems.

I've also verified that the kickstart passed to the newly created guest
(I can see the ks= parameter in the domain XML definition) exists and
can be downloaded using wget from within Anaconda.

I'm not sure where to start looking since the domain definition looks
sane, the profile works.. FWIW, I'm using cobbler-1.6.6 on Fedora 10
host, trying to install F10 or F11 guests.

Any pointers would be appreciated,
	Jakub

[1] koan --virt --server=cobbler.example.com --profile=Fedora-11-x86_64
--virt-name=foo

[Michael DeHaan]

On 08/01/2009 09:56 AM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
>  Hi,
>  I've got a problem installing a cobbler system -- Anaconda would end
>  with an error message "Could not open kickstart file or included file
>  named None".
>      
Unsure of what could be causing this, but let's see what we can figure out.

Are you PXE'ing this system?

Also, if you can join IRC (#cobbler) that's usually a bit faster than 
debug-over-email.


>  The system is based on a profile and I'm able to install virt
> guests
>  with koan based on this profile[1] with no problems.
>
>  I've also verified that the kickstart passed to the newly created guest
>  (I can see the ks= parameter in the domain XML definition) exists and
>  can be downloaded using wget from within Anaconda.
>
>  I'm not sure where to start looking since the domain definition looks
>  sane, the profile works.. FWIW, I'm using cobbler-1.6.6 on Fedora 10
>  host, trying to install F10 or F11 guests.
>
>  Any pointers would be appreciated,
>  	Jakub
>
>      
Seems like Anaconda exploded while reading the kickstart, from googling 
for the exception message.

It's probably not a Cobbler item but we can at least follow up to make 
doubly sure.

>  [1] koan --virt --server=cobbler.example.com
> --profile=Fedora-11-x86_64
>  --virt-name=foo
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>

[Jakub Hrozek]

The issue is actually resolved now, I introduced a bug into
pre_install_network_config snippet which probably made the
installation fail. Anyway, everything is working now.

Sorry for the fuss and thank you for your response.
Jakub

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Michael DeHaan<mdehaan(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>  On 08/01/2009 09:56 AM, Jakub Hrozek wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've got a problem installing a cobbler system -- Anaconda would end
> > with an error message "Could not open kickstart file or included file
> > named None".
> >
>
>  Unsure of what could be causing this, but let's see what we can figure out.
>
>  Are you PXE'ing this system?
>
>  Also, if you can join IRC (#cobbler) that's usually a bit faster than
>  debug-over-email.
>
>
> > The system is based on a profile and I'm able to install virt guests
> > with koan based on this profile[1] with no problems.
> >
> > I've also verified that the kickstart passed to the newly created guest
> > (I can see the ks= parameter in the domain XML definition) exists and
> > can be downloaded using wget from within Anaconda.
> >
> > I'm not sure where to start looking since the domain definition looks
> > sane, the profile works.. FWIW, I'm using cobbler-1.6.6 on Fedora 10
> > host, trying to install F10 or F11 guests.
> >
> > Any pointers would be appreciated,
> >       Jakub
> >
> >
>
>  Seems like Anaconda exploded while reading the kickstart, from googling
>  for the exception message.
>
>  It's probably not a Cobbler item but we can at least follow up to make
>  doubly sure.
>
> > [1] koan --virt --server=cobbler.example.com --profile=Fedora-11-x86_64
> > --virt-name=foo
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >
>
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