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On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Tony Schreiner <anthony.schreiner(a)bc.edu>
wrote:
> PXE boot with whatever the cobbler profile provides
>
> On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:17 PM, <alastair(a)alastair-munro.com> 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>
>> To: cobbler mailing list <cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org>
>> 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
>>
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