Hey that's me! I can't remember where I ended up with this, but I got farther with that guy's suggestion. I ended up abandoning it for other more pressing projects.
I do remember it still not working totally. On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 1:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://serverfault.com/questions/754360/debian-8-3-0-pxe-installer-asking-for-cdrom > > -- > Alastair Munro > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Schreiner <[email protected]> > To: cobbler mailing list <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, 25 May 2016 21:23 > Subject: [cobbler] Re: cobbler managing debian install no CD-ROM detected > > 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 >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/admin/lists/[email protected] > >
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