Check the apache logs up on the Cobbler server,
but it sounds like your network is flaky, so Kickstarting
is generally going to be an issue.
2011/11/11 Jens Ahrens <jahrens(a)uni-mainz.de>:
Hi everybody,
>
> Dan White<ygor(a)comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 10, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/10/2011 09:47 AM, Dan White wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have set up a cobbler server to kickstart/build HP ProLiant boxen of
>>>> various flavors with RHEL5
>>>>
>>>> I have a particularly stubborn DL380 G5 that refuses to be
>>>> PXE-booted/net-installed
>>>>
>>>> I suspect a FUBAR from the guy that manages the DNS/DHCP, but I need
>>>> more evidence.
>>>>
>>>> When it tries to PXE-boot, I get "PXE-E11: ARP Timeout" a few
times and
>>>> then, maybe, it will proceed.
>>>
>>> I've seen issues somewhat similar on switches that take a long time to
>>> run
>>> spanning tree protocol checks before bringing up the port. Disabling
>>> that
>>> (port-fast in cisco lingo I think) helps.
>>
>> OK, that could explain the PXE-boot problem, but what about the other
>> part ?
>>
>> When it gets into anaconda, it hangs on a screen that says:
>> -----------------------
>> Error downloading kickstart file:
>>
>> Unable to download the kickstart file. Please modify the
>> kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an
>> iteractive installation.
>>
>> http://<IP of cobbler server>/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/<system name from
>> Cobbler>
>> ------------------------
>> The URL is not the problem. I can type that URL into any other machine
>> on the network and get the kickstart file.
>> On the suggestion of a co-worker, I booted the same G5 with a CentOS 6
>> LiveCD, configured its network interface and was able to bring up the
>> kickstart file in a ForeFox browser.
>>
>> I have loaded/booted several other machines from this samre server, so I
>> am confident that the problem is not on the cobbler server. Being able to
>> get to the KS file with the CentOS LiveCD says to me that the G5 is not the
>> problem. I suspect the problem is somewhere between the two machines.
>
> I have encountered this twice in recent days. In each case, I just
> rebooted the target, and this time it worked. Sure would like to know
> what's causing this.
In do have the same problem: During pre-install it says
Error downloading kickstart file
when I then just hit o.k. WITHOUT changing the location of the kickstart
file it works!
Could that be a too short timeout? Why doens't it work the first time it
tries to get the kickstart file from the server?
Cheers,
Jens
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