I'm not even getting to kickstarts -- and, in fact, I'm not using them.
Here are my distro and profile for the profile I've chosen from the boot
menu:
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 : {}
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 : {}
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
Do I need to point it at the default, do-nothing kickstart for this to work?
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Scot Floess <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]"
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *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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