Oliver Haessler <[email protected]> wrote: >Is there a way to have a look at the kickstart file? It might be easier than >guessing :D
Yep. PEBKAC. Kickstart was bad. I know I checked it at some point, but didn't check it after updating some snippets. Fixed - "cobbler profile getks" shows a good kickstart file instead of error output, and now I can PXE-load the unit just fine. > >----- Original Message ----- >> From: "therbur" <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 8:43:40 AM >> Subject: Re: Kickstart hangs at dracut-initqueue (CentOS 7.2) >> >> Frantisek Krecmer <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >Hello, >> > >> >I had similar problem with RHEL7 recently and it was caused by >> >network. I >> >configured wrong NIC during installation and it dropped to dracut >> >shell. >> > >> >Regards, >> >FK >> >> Thanks for the response. >> >> I don't think it's the NIC - I don't specify anything; there's only >> one >> Ethernet port connected, and with CentOS 5.7 it works fine, I think >> kickstart defaults to whatever link it is using to PXE boot, which is >> what >> is needed; I don't know why this aspect would be any different >> between the >> distros. At one point I did try the second of the two Ethernet ports >> on >> the unit being loaded, and it did not get any further. >> >> > >> >On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 9:20 PM, therbur <[email protected]> >> >wrote: >> > >> >> therbur <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >I have a Cobbler setup that loads a CentOS 5.7 OK. I am trying >> >> >to add a >> >> >CentOS 7.2 load. >> >> > >> >> >It stops just after the line that shows: >> >> > >> >> >... dracut-initqueue ... Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed >> >> > >> >> >Actually, it doesn't stop, it just pauses a long time, then says >> >> >dozens of >> >> >messages like: >> >> > >> >> >... warning: dracut-initqueue timeout - starting timeout scripts >> >> > >> >> >Then it comes to a "dracut>" prompt. Doing "journalctl" as it >> >> >suggests, I >> >> >don't see anything obvious that would tell me the actual problem. >> >> > Also >> >> >tried "cat /proc/cmdline" and it worked, didn't see anything >> >> >unusual. >> >> > >> >> >What is it looking for when it gets to the dracut-initqueue line? >> >> > What >> >> >are some possible causes/solutions? >> >> >> >> No ideas? In case it's helpful, here's the dracut rdsosreport.txt >> >> for the >> >> problem: >> >> >> >> http://pastebin.com/uyx8p9bA >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Kickstart-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list >> _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list
