I just removed and re-imported my F17 distro and profiles from the mirror (I tried using the ISO, but couldn't get it to work). I took notes on the error that results when booting from the F17-PAE-i386 image and here's what I get:
[ 12.846909] dracut: anaconda using disk root at /dev/sr0 mount: you must specify the filesystem type [ 12.857996] dracut Warning: no suitable images dracut Warning: no suitable images [ 34.925756] dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue [ 34.926450] dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist Dropping to debug shell. dracut:/# Does anything there look familiar to anyone? Bret On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Bret Wortman <[email protected]>wrote: > Just for completeness, here's what I got after my cobbler import: > > # cobbler distro report > > : > Name : F17-PAE-i386 > Architecture : i386 > TFTP Boot Files : {} > Breed : redhat > Comment : > Fetchable Files : {} > Initrd : > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/initrd-PAE.img > Kernel : > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz-PAE > Kernel Options : {'repo': 'http:// > http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Everything/i386/os/ > '} > Kernel Options (Post Install) : {} > Kickstart Metadata : {'tree': 'http://@@http_server@ > @/cblr/links/F17-PAE-i386'} > Management Classes : [] > OS Version : generic26 > Owners : ['admin'] > Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>> > Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>> > Template Files : {} > : > > # cobbler profile report > : > Name : F17-PAE-i386 > TFTP Boot Files : {} > Comment : > DHCP Tag : default > Distribution : F17-PAE-i386 > Enable gPXE? : 0 > Enable PXE Menu? : 1 > Fetchable Files : {} > Kernel Options : {} > Kernel Options (Post Install) : {} > Kickstart : > Kickstart Metadata : {} > Management Classes : [] > Management Parameters : <<inherit>> > Name Servers : [] > Name Servers Search Path : [] > Owners : ['admin'] > Parent Profile : > Proxy : > Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>> > Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>> > Repos : [] > Server Override : <<inherit>> > Template Files : {} > Virt Auto Boot : 1 > Virt Bridge : xenbr0 > Virt CPUs : 1 > Virt Disk Driver Type : raw > Virt File Size(GB) : 5 > Virt Path : > Virt RAM (MB) : 512 > Virt Type : qemu > : > > I don't use kickstart yet, mostly because each system I set up ends up > being so customized that I haven't figured out a way to leverage kickstart > well. That's why those sections are completely empty. > > > Bret > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Scot Floess <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I had no issue PXE booting F17 using either i386 or x86_64... >> >> Does it start the install or is there some other issue? I did have >> problems in the the --url=$tree was coming up wrong and my install failed >> (I had to tell Cobbler it was Fedora 17). But it all works for me... >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"Bret Wortman" <[email protected]> >> *To: *[email protected] >> *Sent: *Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:37:42 AM >> *Subject: *[cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now? >> >> >> Has anyone figured out how to PXE boot F17 from Cobbler now? >> Specifically, I'm trying to figure out how to specify the "inst.repo=" line >> now that it's required. >> >> I tried adding it via --kopts, but that hasn't appeared to work. I'll >> keep experimenting, but was wondering if anyone had solved this already. >> >> >> -- >> Bret Wortman >> The Damascus Group >> Fairfax, VA >> http://bretwortman.com/ >> http://twitter.com/BretWortman >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Make It So Number One >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cobbler mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >> >> > > > -- > Bret Wortman > The Damascus Group > Fairfax, VA > http://bretwortman.com/ > http://twitter.com/BretWortman > > -- Bret Wortman The Damascus Group Fairfax, VA http://bretwortman.com/ http://twitter.com/BretWortman
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