Well, crud. That didn't change anything. Same result.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Bret Wortman <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 > > -- Bret Wortman The Damascus Group Fairfax, VA http://bretwortman.com/ http://twitter.com/BretWortman
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