Bret,
I'm not sure about that... I do know, I had to change my OS version to be Fedora 17
(in your case the i386 version). I think the problem is, generic26 isn't pointing to a
distro you can import (I believe that anyway)...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bret Wortman" <bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com>
To: "cobbler mailing list" <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:33:57 AM
Subject: Re: [cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now?
I'm not even getting to kickstarts -- and, in fact, I'm not
using
them. Here are my distro and profile for the profile I've chosen
from the boot menu:
Name : F17-PAE-i386
Architecture : i386
TFTP Boot Files : {}
Breed : redhat
Comment :
Fetchable Files : {}
Initrd :
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/initrd-PAE.img
Kernel :
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz-PAE
Kernel Options : {}
Kernel Options (Post Install) : {}
Kickstart Metadata : {'tree':
'http://@@http_server@@/cblr/links/F17-PAE-i386'}
Management Classes : []
OS Version : generic26
Owners : ['admin']
Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>>
Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>>
Template Files : {}
Name : F17-PAE-i386
TFTP Boot Files : {}
Comment :
DHCP Tag : default
Distribution : F17-PAE-i386
Enable gPXE? : 0
Enable PXE Menu? : 1
Fetchable Files : {}
Kernel Options : {}
Kernel Options (Post Install) : {}
Kickstart :
Kickstart Metadata : {}
Management Classes : []
Management Parameters : <<inherit>>
Name Servers : []
Name Servers Search Path : []
Owners : ['admin']
Parent Profile :
Proxy :
Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>>
Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>>
Repos : []
Server Override : <<inherit>>
Template Files : {}
Virt Auto Boot : 1
Virt Bridge : xenbr0
Virt CPUs : 1
Virt Disk Driver Type : raw
Virt File Size(GB) : 5
Virt Path :
Virt RAM (MB) : 512
Virt Type : qemu
Do I need to point it at the default, do-nothing kickstart for this
to work?
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Scot Floess < sfloess(a)redhat.com
>
wrote:
> Bret,
> Yep sure does :)
> Try going into Cobbler and changing the distro to be Fedora 17
> (from
> generic) and sync (to build up the PXE stuff)...
> I was having the same problem ;)
> I think if you look @ whatever kickstart is generated,
you'll see
> it
> gives you a line like this:
> --url = $tree
> So, "cobbler system getks --name [name of your system that
is a F17
> distro]"
> > From: "Bret Wortman" <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com >
>
> > To: "cobbler mailing list" < cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org >
>
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 11:23:05 AM
>
> > Subject: Re: [cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now?
>
> > I just removed and re-imported my F17 distro and profiles
from
> > the
> > mirror (I tried using the ISO, but couldn't get it to work). I
> > took
> > notes on the error that results when booting from the
> > F17-PAE-i386
> > image and here's what I get:
>
> > [ 12.846909] dracut: anaconda using disk root at /dev/sr0
>
> > mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>
> > [ 12.857996] dracut Warning: no suitable images
>
> > dracut Warning: no suitable images
>
> > [ 34.925756] dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue
>
> > dracut Warning: Unable to process initqueue
>
> > [ 34.926450] dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist
>
> > dracut Warning: /dev/root does not exist
>
> > Dropping to debug shell.
>
> > dracut:/#
>
> > Does anything there look familiar to anyone?
>
> > Bret
>
> > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:24 AM, Bret Wortman <
> > bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com > wrote:
>
> > > Just for completeness, here's what I got after my
cobbler
> > > import:
> >
>
> > > # cobbler distro report
> >
>
> > > :
> >
>
> > > Name : F17-PAE-i386
> >
>
> > > Architecture : i386
> >
>
> > > TFTP Boot Files : {}
> >
>
> > > Breed : redhat
> >
>
> > > Comment :
> >
>
> > > Fetchable Files : {}
> >
>
> > > Initrd :
> > > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/initrd-PAE.img
> >
>
> > > Kernel :
> > > /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/F17-i386/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz-PAE
> >
>
> > > Kernel Options : {'repo': 'http://
> > >
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Everything/i386/os/
> > > '}
> >
>
> > > Kernel Options (Post Install) : {}
> >
>
> > > Kickstart Metadata : {'tree':
> > > 'http://@@http_server@@/cblr/links/F17-PAE-i386'}
> >
>
> > > > Management Classes : []
> > >
> >
>
> > > > OS Version : generic26
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Owners : ['admin']
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>>
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>>
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Template Files : {}
> > >
> >
>
> > > :
> >
>
> > > > # cobbler profile report
> > >
> >
>
> > > :
> >
>
> > > Name : F17-PAE-i386
> >
>
> > > TFTP Boot Files : {}
> >
>
> > > Comment :
> >
>
> > > DHCP Tag : default
> >
>
> > > Distribution : F17-PAE-i386
> >
>
> > > > Enable gPXE? : 0
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Enable PXE Menu? : 1
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Fetchable Files : {}
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Kernel Options : {}
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Kernel Options (Post Install) : {}
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Kickstart :
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Kickstart Metadata : {}
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Management Classes : []
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Management Parameters : <<inherit>>
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Name Servers : []
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Name Servers Search Path : []
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Owners : ['admin']
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Parent Profile :
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Proxy :
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Red Hat Management Key : <<inherit>>
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Red Hat Management Server : <<inherit>>
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Repos : []
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Server Override : <<inherit>>
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Template Files : {}
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt Auto Boot : 1
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt Bridge : xenbr0
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt CPUs : 1
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt Disk Driver Type : raw
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt File Size(GB) : 5
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt Path :
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt RAM (MB) : 512
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Virt Type : qemu
> > >
> >
>
> > > :
> >
>
> > > I don't use kickstart yet, mostly because each
system I set up
> > > ends
> > > up being so customized that I haven't figured out a way to
> > > leverage
> > > kickstart well. That's why those sections are completely empty.
> >
>
> > > Bret
> >
>
> > > On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Scot Floess <
> > > sfloess(a)redhat.com
> > > >
> > > wrote:
> >
>
> > > > I had no issue PXE booting F17 using either i386
or x86_64...
> > >
> >
>
> > > > Does it start the install or is there some other
issue? I did
> > > > have
> > > > problems in the the --url=$tree was coming up wrong and my
> > > > install
> > > > failed (I had to tell Cobbler it was Fedora 17). But it all
> > > > works
> > > > for me...
> > >
> >
>
> > > > > From: "Bret Wortman" <
bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> > > > > To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:37:42 AM
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> > > > > Subject: [cobbler] How to PXE boot F17 now?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> > > > > Has anyone figured out how to PXE boot F17
from Cobbler
> > > > > now?
> > > > > Specifically, I'm trying to figure out how to specify the
> > > > > "inst.repo=" line now that it's required.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> > > > > I tried adding it via --kopts, but that
hasn't appeared to
> > > > > work.
> > > > > I'll
> > > > > keep experimenting, but was wondering if anyone had solved
> > > > > this
> > > > > already.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
> > > >
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> > >
> > >
> >
>
> > > > > Bret Wortman
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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> > >
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>
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> >
>
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> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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