Ronald J Yacketta wrote:
>
>> Ronald J. Yacketta wrote:
>>
>>> Hell all :)
>>>
>>> Recently I have been trying to re-deploy several of our systems with a
>>> fc8 xen kernel but having a fight with koan and --replace-self. No
>>> matter what I try I get 'invalid or unsupported executable format' after
>>> rebooting the system.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> This is an fortunately an easy one. You should not deploy the "xen"
>> kernels, but rather deploy normal kernels and include "kernel-xen" in
>> the %packages
>>
>
> I will update my .ks and add the package as well as modify grub during
> %post to default boot xen
>
>
>> section. I think that is most likely causing the problem, but since you
>> didn't share which koan command line I'm not sure.
>>
>>
>
> I used:
> koan --replace-self --server=my_server --system=virttest
>
>
>> The "xen" variant is there for installing virtual guests.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Did some quick digging and noticed that the initrd.img on the cobbler
>>> box and the client box are different in size, this difference appears to
>>> be coming from koan and its attempt to embed the ks file. Not sure if I
>>> am doing something wrong (which is more likely the case) or is koan is
>>> walking on the far side.
>>>
>>>
>> Right, koan does embed the KS file in the initrd, which is by design as
>> it is there for non-DHCP and slow/buggy DHCP
>> scenarios.
>>
>>
>
> Maybe I should be doing normal PXEboot installs instead of koan? and use
> koan to deploy domU's instead?
>
dom0's are hosts
For those, if reinstalling the OS, you use --replace-self
domU's are guests
For those, you use --virt and do use the xen kernel one.
>
>>> Here is the output of my cobbler profile, distro and system settings:
>>>
>>> fc8x.ks works fine when I attempt a normal KS from PXE
>>>
>>> [ ~]# cobbler profile report --name=fc8x
>>> profile : fc8x
>>> distro : fc8x
>>> dhcp tag : default
>>> kernel options : {}
>>> post kernel options : {}
>>> kickstart : /etc/cobbler/fc8.ks
>>> ks metadata : {}
>>> owners : ['admin']
>>> repos : []
>>> server : <<inherit>>
>>> virt bridge : xenbr0
>>> virt cpus : 1
>>> virt file size : 5
>>> virt path :
>>> virt ram : 512
>>> virt type : xenpv
>>>
>>> [ ~]# cobbler distro report --name=fc8x
>>> distro : fc8x
>>> breed : redhat
>>> os version :
>>> architecture : i386
>>> initrd : /var/tftpboot/fc8/xen/initrd.img
>>> kernel : /var/tftpboot/fc8/xen/vmlinuz
>>> kernel options : {}
>>> post kernel options : {}
>>> ks metadata : {}
>>> owners : ['admin']
>>>
>>> [ ~]# cobbler system report --name=virttest
>>> system : virttest
>>> profile : fc8x
>>> image : None
>>> kernel options : {}
>>> kernel options post : {}
>>> kickstart : <<inherit>>
>>> ks metadata : {}
>>> netboot enabled? : True
>>> owners : ['admin']
>>> server : <<inherit>>
>>> virt cpus : <<inherit>>
>>> virt file size : 2
>>> virt path : <<inherit>>
>>> virt ram : 128
>>> virt type : xenpv
>>> interface : intf0
>>> mac address :
>>> ip address :
>>> hostname :
>>> gateway :
>>> subnet :
>>> virt bridge :
>>> dhcp tag :
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Ron
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