I just tried putting the netinst CD in the drive, and PXE booting, and the installation does proceed further.
I still have things to resolve with my preseed. On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Tony Schreiner <[email protected]> wrote: > I see no access from this client in the cobbler servers apache log. > > On the failing client, after I get the missing CD-ROM message, I open > another virtual console, and the ip link command shows only lo: > I don't appear to be getting a network. I can look at /var/log/syslog in > the console, and do not see any mention of network setup, > > However I see in the syslog > main-menu[204] : INFO: Menu item 'cdrom-detect' selected. > > which I guess just reflects that the pop up menu came up. > Looks like a clue, but I don't know how to disable that. > > > On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Libin Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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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