Hi Tony: Can you check the apache log to see if the Debian-installer try to get seed file from cobbler server?
slgray On May 26, 2016 04:50, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah yes i remember you. > > Personally i would stick with something more mainstream like Ubuntu LTS > something. Enterprise Linux still makes the best servers imho. > > We pxe build ubuntu 12.04 <1204> but the developers have now seen the > benefit of using centos. we have ubuntu 14.04 <1404> pxe booting too but > its not used much at our site. > > -- > Alastair Munro > > -----Original Message----- > From: Locane <[email protected]> > To: cobbler mailing list <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 25 May 2016 21:36 > Subject: [cobbler] Re: cobbler managing debian install no CD-ROM detected > > 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] >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/admin/lists/[email protected] > >
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