I have not been using cobbler in a while but now I need to. I basically
need to install virtual guests (running under the Mac OS X version of
Virtual Box...and I have a Mac OS X host). My goal is to import the
Ubuntu 13.04 amd64 desktop distribution into cobbler and then have my
VirtualBox guest pxe boot to the installer for itand do the entire
install over the network.
Cobbler version:
[root@cobbler1 ~]# cobbler version
Cobbler 2.4.0
source: 923574f, Thu Jun 20 00:42:48 2013 -0500
build time: Sun Aug 4 11:58:30 2013
On reading the documentation on
cobblerd.org for Distros:
"In general, it’s really a lot easier to follow the import workflow --
it only requires waiting for the mirror content to be copied and/or
scanned. Imported mirrors also save time during install since they don’t
have to hit external installation sources. Please read the Cobbler
Import <
http://www.cobblerd.org/manuals/2.4.0/4/2/4_-_Import.html>
documentation for more details."
...I decided to try this without first creating "distro" or "system"
objects:
cobbler import --path=/media/stuff --name=ubuntu-13-x86_64 --arch=x86_64
I have this result:
received on stderr:
Found a matching signature: breed=ubuntu, version=raring
Adding distros from path /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/ubuntu-13-x86_64-x86_64:
No distros imported, bailing out
!!! TASK FAILED !!!
Do I need to manually create a "distro" and "system" first?
Thanks
Bob Cochran