Out of curiosity: Did you check the webui to see if the systems being
re-built have netboot enabled?
-Ron
On 11/8/2010 11:12 PM, Frank wrote:
Hello Ron:
Good to see your name.
Thank you for the suggestion, but you 'lost' that one :)
So, yes, "pxe_just_once" was enabled.
Howewever ... still doesn't work after I had changed it, and done the
Sync and restart. I also changed the boot order on the
to-be-installed server, so that I had to choose PXE booting using the
F-10 or F-12 key (not sure if that would make a difference). Not
working. Furthermore, on another server, a server were cPanel had not
been installed, Cobbler works just fine (with that pxe_just_once
enabled setting).
Do you know where those records for servers were an install was
performed get saved on the Cobbler server? I mean, maybe somehow the
settings file update does not overwrite other settings as it then
should, and I may try to 'delete' them manually. That, of course, is
just a wild uneducated guess.
Best,
Frank
> I bet you have pxe_just_one set in /etc/cobbler/settings and the servers
> your trying to 're-install' are configured to local boot via pxe.
>
> Go into the webgui of cobbler and enable netboot for the system(s) your
> trying to rebuild and then do a sync...
>
> -Ron
>
>
>> Thank you !
>>
>> Now THIS is interesting ...
>> Just made a "discovery" that confirms my earlier expressed
suspicion.
>> I at the same time apologize I did not not this earlier.
>>
>> I change the TEST server, that is, the server where CentOS should be
>> installed onto. The earlier two servers I had available, that needed
>> a OS re-install, had still CentOS and cPanel installed, as mentioned
>> yesterday. ... Now, the thing is that Cobbler works just fine on this
>> OTHER server I am trying out right now, were I have only the OS
>> installed.
>>
>> That must then indeed mean that the servers that have cPanel
>> installed are "missing" something. On those servers I had disabled a
>> number of services (when cPanel was active) -- all the services that
>> the CSF firewall security check suggested to disable. I had addressed
>> that question yesterday. After the server reboots, and before he
>> tries to find the DNCP server ... there must be some services already
>> running, and it seems (I speculate here), that maybe I disabled one
>> that's needed.
>>
>> Below is a list of disabled services (taken from the list in the CSF
>> security check of another server). Any of these are needed to for
>> Cobbler (DHCP) to run?
>>
>> Frank
>>
>>
>> Check server startup for cups OK
>> Check server startup for xfs OK
>> Check server startup for atd OK
>> Check server startup for nfslock OK
>> Check server startup for canna OK
>> Check server startup for FreeWnn OK
>> Check server startup for cups-config-daemon OK
>> Check server startup for iiim OK
>> Check server startup for mDNSResponder OK
>> Check server startup for nifd OK
>> Check server startup for rpcidmapd OK
>> Check server startup for bluetooth OK
>> Check server startup for anacron OK
>> Check server startup for gpm OK
>> Check server startup for saslauthd OK
>> Check server startup for avahi-daemon OK
>> Check server startup for avahi-dnsconfd OK
>> Check server startup for hidd OK
>> Check server startup for pcscd OK
>> Check server startup for sbadm
>>
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