Aha. I see what you're saying now. I'll make a change and try again. Thanks for your patient assistance, Scot.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Scot Floess <[email protected]> wrote: > Bret, > > I'm not sure about that... I do know, I had to change my OS version to be > Fedora 17 (in your case the i386 version). I think the problem is, > generic26 isn't pointing to a distro you can import (I believe that > anyway)... > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Bret Wortman" <[email protected]> > *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:33:57 AM > > *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now? > > 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
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