Hi All, I am having some issue with my cobbler system. Basically, for unknown reasons, I can't seem to get past the transferring stage2.img portion of the pxe boot. I have no issues getting the DHCP address, the pxe menu, getting the installer to start but when it tries to load the stage2.img and or minstg2.img it says it is 'unable to retrieve' the image. However, I can get to those files from the cobbler box using the 192.168.x.x ip from the browser and the file permissions seems to be correct. I didn't really update this laptop much before coming down so the issue may be from my update to the 1.2.x codebase. My version before was still using the /var/lib/cobbler/setting era code. Not really sure. But I'd love to know if anyone has ran into this before. Some folks on IRC were seeming to have similar problems. If I can't get this worked out the trip will be a bit of a waste so I hope someone has a quick answer. Sorry I can't give more details but /var/log/httpd/access and error aren't giving me much. Thanks, Aaron

I've had this problem when I had a multiple NIC machine and the PXE boot device was not eth0 one the PXE loaded the kernel and intird. There is a change in the 1.3 codeline that uses the PXE device as default. I fixed it on the V20Z by setting ksdevice=eth5 as kernel option.

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> From: cobbler-bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org [mailto:cobbler- > bounces(a)lists.fedorahosted.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Lippold > Sent: vrijdag 24 oktober 2008 4:59 > To: cobbler mailing list > Subject: Re: Issues pxe provisioning: unable to retrieve stage2.img > > Oh ya, > > I am on 1.2.8-1.el5 at the moment. > > Thanks, > > A > > On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 10:58 PM, Aaron Lippold <lippold(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am having some issue with my cobbler system. Basically, for >> unknown >> reasons, I can't seem to get past the >> transferring stage2.img portion of the pxe boot. I have no issues >> getting the DHCP address, the pxe menu, getting the installer to > start >> but when it tries to load the stage2.img and or minstg2.img it says > it >> is 'unable to retrieve' the image. However, I can get to those files >> from the cobbler box using the 192.168.x.x ip from the browser and > the >> file permissions seems to be correct. >> >> I didn't really update this laptop much before coming down so the >> issue may be from my update to the 1.2.x codebase. My version before >> was still using the /var/lib/cobbler/setting era code. Not really >> sure. But I'd love to know if anyone has ran into this before. Some >> folks on IRC were seeming to have similar problems. If I can't get >> this worked out the trip will be a bit of a waste so I hope someone >> has a quick answer. >> >> Sorry I can't give more details but /var/log/httpd/access and error >> aren't giving me much. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Aaron >> I've had this problem when I had a multiple NIC machine and the PXE boot device was not eth0 one the PXE loaded the kernel and intird. There is a change in the 1.3 codeline that uses the PXE device as default. I fixed it on the V20Z by setting ksdevice=eth5 as kernel option. /marcel This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e- mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. _______________________________________________ cobbler mailing list cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler

We were having this issue today. It ended up that it would pxe from one nic but then try and access the website out a different interface. We just connected both interfaces to the network and it worked itself out.