[cobbler] Re: cobbler managing debian install no CD-ROM detected

PXE boot with whatever the cobbler profile provides On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:17 PM, <alastair(a)alastair-munro.com&gt; 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 <anthony.schreiner(a)bc.edu&gt; > To: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org&gt; > 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 >