this works for me!!
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 10:55 PM, Tim Dunphy <bluethundr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
don't forget the arch!!
tim
On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Peter Loron <peterl(a)standingwave.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. I'm not sure where the fault lies, but in any
> event, the cobblerd process shouldn't silently stop.
>
> I worked around it by manually adding the distro and profile as
> mentioned below, and manually copying the contents of the CD over.
>
> -Pete
>
> On 09/23/2010 11:11 AM, marek.dohojda(a)thomsonreuters.com wrote:
>> Are you sure this is a cobbler issue and not a VM issue? (such as NFS or
>> whatever you are using for a path).
this worked for me... thanks cobbler!!
cobbler import --name centos55-dvd --arch x86_64 --path /mnt/DVD
task started: 2010-09-30_225924_import
task started (id=Media import, time=Thu Sep 30 22:59:24 2010)
running: rsync -a '/mnt/DVD/'
/var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos55-dvd-x86_64
--exclude-from=/etc/cobbler/rsync.exclude --progress
>>
>> Secondly you can do this:
>> Cobbler import --path=/mnt --available-as=http(or nfs)://some-url
>> --name=CentOS55
>>
>> Personally I preferred this method:
>> Cobbler distro add --name=<name>
--available-as=http://<myurl>
>> --initrd=</location of the initrd> --kernel=<location of kernel>
>> --arch=<arch>
>>
>> The reason I prefer the second method is because it doesn't copy any
>> files, rather allows me to setup my own tree as I wish and simply make
>> cobbler aware of it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Marek Dohojda
>> 720-308-8622
>>
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
>> [mailto:cobbler-bounces@lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Peter Loron
>> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 12:02 PM
>> To: cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
>> Subject: Failure during import
>>
>> Hello, all. I have a Cobbler 2.003 install on CentOS 5.5 x86_64 in a VM
>> (VirtualBox) that I am trying to get to import a distro. I have the
>> CentOS 5.5 DVD mounted, and I issue this command:
>>
>> cobbler import --name=CentOS55 --path=/mnt
>>
>> The import goes fine until it hangs forever (or at least overnight) on
>> the "createrepo" step. The cobblerd service also shut down at this
>> point. The disto appears to be imported in the web ui, and I can select
>> it and start the PXE booted install, but it shortly stops with the
>> Kickstart error "Unknown Url method $tree".
>>
>> Any pointers for fixing whatever is broken here?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Pete
>>
>
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