Bret, 

Yep sure does :) 

Try going into Cobbler and changing the distro to be Fedora 17 (from generic) 
and sync (to build up the PXE stuff)... 

I was having the same problem ;) 

I think if you look @ whatever kickstart is generated, you'll see it gives you 
a line like this: 

--url = $tree 

So, "cobbler system getks --name [name of your system that is a F17 distro]" 

----- Original Message -----

> From: "Bret Wortman" <[email protected]>
> To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:23:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now?

> 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.
> > > 
> > 
> 

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> > > 
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