Scot Floess wrote: > I just wanted to let y'all know... > > Changing the kernel option to > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS-5.2-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz did, in > fact, fix my problem. > > Fedora initially complained with a retry dialog box...but selecting > that...started the install as I expected... > > So its working for me... > > I really, want to thank everyone for helping me out! I would have never > figured it out... >
What did the retry box say? (I've seen some issues with F10 installs in virt guests and network manager, though newer versions of koan send the OS info to libvirt so the right virtual interface can be chosen.... haven't seen any retry boxes with regular physical installs.) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scot Floess" <[email protected]> > To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:35:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: Using koan --replace-self problem w/ F10 and 11 - but not 9 > > Oh wow... I get it :) > > Yeah - my home network is full of top-of-the-line machines - circa 2000 ;) > Hee - none of them support PAE :) > > Again, thanks y'all for all your help! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael DeHaan" <[email protected]> > To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 12:18:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: Using koan --replace-self problem w/ F10 and 11 - but not 9 > > Scot Floess wrote: > >> So, for my CentOS 5.2, I see the following entries: >> >> Kernel: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS-5.2-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz >> Initrd: >> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/CentOS-5.2-i386/images/pxeboot/initrd.img >> >> For Fedora 10, I see: >> >> Kernel: >> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz-PAE >> Initrd: >> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-i386/images/pxeboot/initrd.img >> >> I also see that the file >> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz exists... >> >> So do I need to change Kernel for Fedora 10 to be >> var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Fedora-10-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz ??? >> >> I'd try it - but am not at home where my machines are :) Oh heck, >> I'll definitely try it tonight for sure :D >> >> >> > > Yes you can cobbler distro edit to fix that and you should be good to go. > > The import code is, I think, just globbing against "vmlinuz*" so it's > getting the first one it finds, when it probably should create two > distros and not one in this instance. > > I'm guessing your machine can't do PAE and that's why you have the problem. > > > --Michael > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ronald J. Yacketta" <[email protected]> >> To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:54:23 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >> Subject: Re: Using koan --replace-self problem w/ F10 and 11 - but not 9 >> >> >> Just a thought, check the distro entry cobbler import created. I had a >> similar problem the other day and noticed that the import used >> initrd-PAE.img vice initrd.img. Once I made the change normal PXE >> installs started to work with F10. >> >> -Ron >> Scot Floess wrote: >> >> All: >> >> I've tried to figure out this problem for the last 2 weeks...just >> off and on when I had free time at home... >> >> I am running Cobbler 1.4.2 on CentOS 5.2... >> >> Basically this is the scenario: I downloaded the Fedora 10 DVD >> ISO and imported it into Cobbler. I stepped onto 2 different >> machines and tried to use koan --replace-self for the Fedora 10 >> distro I imported... Yes, I created a system, etc :) >> >> Anyway, I get a dialog box on both machines stating something >> about trouble (sorry not sitting in front of the machines at the >> moment) talking to the cobbler server - the URL displayed looks to >> be correct. In looking at virtual console 2 or 3, I see the >> following displayed: >> >> "no network devices in choose network device!" >> >> After some mucking around, I thought I'd try both Fedora 11 and 9 >> - basically doing the same process I did for 10 (download the ISO, >> import, etc)... >> >> With Fedora 11 I got the same result as 10... For Fedora 9 - it >> worked! >> >> I thought - OK, let me try using buildiso - see if, on the off >> chance, it worked... Nope - same problem... >> >> Finally, I decided to grab the boot.iso from Fedora 10 - to see if >> I could do an NFS install - that worked! >> >> At this point, I'm not sure what is causing this problem...or if >> anyone has seen this issue? I had been using Cobbler 1.4.1 - but >> jumped up to 1.4.2... >> >> Any and all help - is greatly appreciated! >> >> Flossy >> >> >> -- >> Make It So Number One >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> -- >> Make It So Number One >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
