Check the apache logs up on the Cobbler server, but it sounds like your network is flaky, so Kickstarting is generally going to be an issue.
2011/11/11 Jens Ahrens <[email protected]>: > Hi everybody, >> >> Dan White<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Nov 10, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote: >>> >>>> On 11/10/2011 09:47 AM, Dan White wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have set up a cobbler server to kickstart/build HP ProLiant boxen of >>>>> various flavors with RHEL5 >>>>> >>>>> I have a particularly stubborn DL380 G5 that refuses to be >>>>> PXE-booted/net-installed >>>>> >>>>> I suspect a FUBAR from the guy that manages the DNS/DHCP, but I need >>>>> more evidence. >>>>> >>>>> When it tries to PXE-boot, I get "PXE-E11: ARP Timeout" a few times and >>>>> then, maybe, it will proceed. >>>> >>>> I've seen issues somewhat similar on switches that take a long time to >>>> run >>>> spanning tree protocol checks before bringing up the port. Disabling >>>> that >>>> (port-fast in cisco lingo I think) helps. >>> >>> OK, that could explain the PXE-boot problem, but what about the other >>> part ? >>> >>> When it gets into anaconda, it hangs on a screen that says: >>> ----------------------- >>> Error downloading kickstart file: >>> >>> Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the >>> kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an >>> iteractive installation. >>> >>> http://<IP of cobbler server>/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/<system name from >>> Cobbler> >>> ------------------------ >>> The URL is not the problem. I can type that URL into any other machine >>> on the network and get the kickstart file. >>> On the suggestion of a co-worker, I booted the same G5 with a CentOS 6 >>> LiveCD, configured its network interface and was able to bring up the >>> kickstart file in a ForeFox browser. >>> >>> I have loaded/booted several other machines from this samre server, so I >>> am confident that the problem is not on the cobbler server. Being able to >>> get to the KS file with the CentOS LiveCD says to me that the G5 is not the >>> problem. I suspect the problem is somewhere between the two machines. >> >> I have encountered this twice in recent days. In each case, I just >> rebooted the target, and this time it worked. Sure would like to know >> what's causing this. > > In do have the same problem: During pre-install it says > > Error downloading kickstart file > > > when I then just hit o.k. WITHOUT changing the location of the kickstart > file it works! > Could that be a too short timeout? Why doens't it work the first time it > tries to get the kickstart file from the server? > > Cheers, > Jens > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list [email protected] https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
