Failed to reply to the list, resend. On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Tony Schreiner <[email protected]> wrote:
> PXE boot with whatever the cobbler profile provides > > On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:17 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> How did u boot? pxe boot or via iso image? if iso image how was this >> presented? usb stick? if so how was the iso written to usb? dd works best >> in my experience. >> >> -- >> Alastair Munro >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tony Schreiner <[email protected]> >> To: cobbler mailing list <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wed, 25 May 2016 20:45 >> Subject: [cobbler] cobbler managing debian install no CD-ROM detected >> >> Have been managing CentOS system with cobbler for a while, and decided to >> try to add Debian to the mix. >> >> I loop mounted the firmware-8.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso image, which is >> current Jessie netinst + non-free firmware, and ran import as >> >> # cobbler import --name=jessie --breed=debian --os-version=jessie >> --path=/mnt >> >> task started: 2016-05-25_144840_import >> task started (id=Media import, time=Wed May 25 14:48:40 2016) >> Found a candidate signature: breed=debian, version=jessie >> >> running: /usr/bin/file >> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/jessie/dists/jessie/Release >> received on stdout: >> /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/jessie/dists/jessie/Release: ASCII text >> >> received on stderr: >> Found a matching signature: breed=debian, version=jessie >> Adding distros from path /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/jessie: >> creating new distro: jessie-x86_64 >> trying symlink: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/jessie -> >> /var/www/cobbler/links/jessie-x86_64 >> creating new profile: jessie-x86_64 >> creating new distro: jessie-gtk-x86_64 >> trying symlink: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/jessie -> >> /var/www/cobbler/links/jessie-gtk-x86_64 >> creating new profile: jessie-gtk-x86_64 >> creating new distro: jessie-xen-x86_64 >> trying symlink: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/jessie -> >> /var/www/cobbler/links/jessie-xen-x86_64 >> creating new profile: jessie-xen-x86_64 >> associating repos >> checking for apt repo(s) >> adding apt repo for jessie-x86_64 >> Added repos for jessie-x86_64 >> adding apt repo for jessie-gtk-x86_64 >> Added repos for jessie-gtk-x86_64 >> adding apt repo for jessie-xen-x86_64 >> Added repos for jessie-xen-x86_64 >> *** TASK COMPLETE *** >> >> looks pretty normal. >> I have created a sub-profile based on jessie-x86_64 called >> jessie-precision670 (old dell workstation), but the only difference is the >> assignment of preseed file slightly modified from sample.seed as the >> kickstart. Then I assigned this profile to a system. >> >> When the system installs, during the hardware discovery, it shows: >> >> No common CD-ROM drive was detected. >> >> ... >> >> and I cannot proceed. This seems to be before network detection takes >> place. >> I first tried with the regular debian-8.4.0-amd64.iso image; the network >> driver is e1000. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Tony S >> > >
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