Sam, No that's fine - but are you serving up the tftp stuff correctly? Not sure this will work without that...
----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sam Sen" <[email protected]> > To: "cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:28:03 PM > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > I don’t have the luxury of running DHCP (don’t ask). > Regards, > Sam > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scot > Floess > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:27 PM > To: cobbler mailing list > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > I don't have any experience with bonding interfaces (so can't guess > if there's an issue there)... > Let me ask a really dumb question - are you able to PXE boot other > machines now? Not the blades - but any of your other machines on > your network? > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:22:43 PM > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > Good catch, I did catch that prior to my initial post and tried > > again > > with “—mac” but it still doesn’t work. > > > Regards, > > > Sam > > > From: [email protected] [ > > mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of Scot > > Floess > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:21 PM > > > To: cobbler mailing list > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > Sorry - I really didn't read closely... > > > I did look at the thread...I notice you have -mac vs --mac in your > > example... > > > > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > > > > > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:14:37 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > Yep, that’s what I did. I tried that along with setting the name > > > to > > > the MAC Address of eth0. > > > > > > I should test this w/o the bonding interface set up. See my first > > > post of the command I used to add the system. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > From: [email protected] [ > > > mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of Scot > > > Floess > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:13 PM > > > > > > To: cobbler mailing list > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > My apologies as I am walking into this late...but... > > > > > > If you know the mac addresses of each blade, you can add that > > > system > > > with --mac="some mac address" and each one when it PXE boots, > > > Cobbler will do the right thing... > > > > > > > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:10:09 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I mount them via a virtual dvd. > > > > > > > > > > I really don’t want to have 12 different ISOs. It would be > > > > easier > > > > to > > > > just select the system name from the cobbler menu. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [ > > > > mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of > > > > Dan > > > > White > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:09 PM > > > > > > > > > > To: cobbler mailing list > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > > > > > Does each blade have its own optical drive ? > > > > > > > > > > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > > > > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to > > > > contact > > > > us.” > > > > > > > > > > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > > > > > > > > > > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:49:12 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > > > > > Hmmmm … so if I have 12 blades to build, is there a quicker way > > > > to > > > > do > > > > this? I would like to boot from ISO (the same ISO for all 12 > > > > systems) and have cobbler take over. I don’t think this will > > > > work > > > > without PXE based on what you’re telling me. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [ > > > > mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of > > > > Dan > > > > White > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:45 PM > > > > > > > > > > To: cobbler mailing list > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > > > > > The default behavior of the ISO is to boot from local media > > > > after > > > > a > > > > delay > > > > > > > > > > Look at a file : <iso root>/isolinux/isolinux.cfg > > > > > > > > > > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > > > > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to > > > > contact > > > > us.” > > > > > > > > > > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > > > > > > > > > > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:36:07 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile When the > > > > system boots up and loads the ISO, I thought it would > > > > automatically > > > > force the system to load a profile. In theory since there is no > > > > OS > > > > installed, it will start the OS installation without having you > > > > select from the cobbler menu. Is this feature not available for > > > > non-pxe boot? Dan White < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > So what is happening that should not happen ? > > > > > > > > > > Contrarywise, what is not happening that should ? > > > > > > > > > > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > > > > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to > > > > contact > > > > us.” > > > > > > > > > > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > > > > > > > > > > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To: "cobbler mailing list" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:22:47 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > > > > > It’s there … > > > > > > > > > > [root@phl-00-cobbler iso]# cobbler profile list > > > > > > > > > > ORACLE > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [ > > > > mailto:[email protected] ] On Behalf Of > > > > Dan > > > > White > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:12 PM > > > > > > > > > > To: cobbler mailing list > > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > > > > > What does the command "cobbler profile list" return ? > > > > > > > > > > If one of the lines is not "ORACLE", then that is your first > > > > problem. > > > > > > > > > > “Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists > > > > elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to > > > > contact > > > > us.” > > > > > > > > > > Bill Waterson (Calvin & Hobbes) > > > > > > > > > > From: "Sam Sen" < [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:06:56 PM > > > > > > > > > > Subject: [cobbler] Assigning a system to a profile > > > > > > > > > > Not sure what I’m missing but I’m attempting to automatically > > > > install > > > > the OS with our new blade systems using a cobbler iso > > > > (generated > > > > by > > > > buildiso). The cobbler menu shows up with the list of available > > > > systems, but I want it to automatically install when it loads > > > > the > > > > ISO. I don’t have DHCP hence the use of the buildiso command. > > > > > > > > > > I added a new system by running the following command. Please > > > > note, > > > > the install works fine when I select the system but that’s not > > > > what > > > > I want. Notice I have the “mac” specified and I went as far as > > > > using > > > > the mac address of eth0 as the name for the system. Both times, > > > > I’m > > > > greeted with the menu and I’m forced to choose. > > > > > > > > > > cobbler system add --name=blade1 –mac=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > > > > --profile=ORACLE --interface=bond0 --interface-type=bond > > > > --bonding-opts="mode=6 miimon=1000" --ip-address=172.31.20.45 > > > > --hostname=blade1.domain.com --ksmeta='server_type=DB > > > > disk_layout=BLADES_ORACLE' --subnet=255.255.255.0 > > > > --gateway=172.31.20.250 --kopts='ksdevice=eth0 ip=172.31.20.45 > > > > netmask=255.255.255.0 dns=172.31.10.220 gateway=172.31.20.250' > > > > --static=1 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Sam Sen > > > > > > > > > > Sr Systems Administrator > > > > > > > > > > 215.913.4797 > > > > > > > > > > Aria Systems, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > 600 Reed Road, Suite 302 > > > > > > > > > > Broomall, PA 19008 > > > > > > > > > > www.ariasystems.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > cobbler mailing list > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > cobbler mailing list > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > cobbler mailing list > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > cobbler mailing list > > > > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > > -- > > > Make It So Number One > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 -- Make It So Number One
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