Hi,
I'm installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS servers with Cobbler, which is basically also using the Debian installer.
My boot parameters are similar to yours, but I'm missing the interface parameter for network config (e.g. interface=eth0). Can you add the parameter and retry?
And what does your mirror setup look like in your preseed file?
Cheers, Tom.
On Thu, 2016-05-26 at 15:40 -0400, Tony Schreiner wrote:
I just tried putting the netinst CD in the drive, and PXE booting, and the installation does proceed further.
I still have things to resolve with my preseed.
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 3:27 PM, Tony Schreiner <anthony.schreiner@bc .edu> wrote:
I see no access from this client in the cobbler servers apache log.
On the failing client, after I get the missing CD-ROM message, I open another virtual console, and the ip link command shows only lo: I don't appear to be getting a network. I can look at /var/log/syslog in the console, and do not see any mention of network setup,
However I see in the syslog main-menu[204] : INFO: Menu item 'cdrom-detect' selected.
which I guess just reflects that the pop up menu came up. Looks like a clue, but I don't know how to disable that.
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Libin Chen slgraychan@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Tony: Can you check the apache log to see if the Debian-installer try to get seed file from cobbler server? slgray On May 26, 2016 04:50, alastair@alastair-munro.com wrote:
Ah yes i remember you.
Personally i would stick with something more mainstream like Ubuntu LTS something. Enterprise Linux still makes the best servers imho.
We pxe build ubuntu 12.04 but the developers have now seen the benefit of using centos. we have ubuntu 14.04 pxe booting too but its not used much at our site.
-- Alastair Munro
-----Original Message----- From: Locane locane@gmail.com To: cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org Cc: anthony.schreiner@bc.edu Sent: Wed, 25 May 2016 21:36 Subject: [cobbler] Re: cobbler managing debian install no CD- ROM detected
Hey that's me!
I can't remember where I ended up with this, but I got farther with that guy's suggestion. I ended up abandoning it for other more pressing projects.
I do remember it still not working totally.
On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 1:33 PM, alastair@alastair-munro.com wrote:
http://serverfault.com/questions/754360/debian-8-3-0-pxe-inst aller-asking-for-cdrom
-- Alastair Munro
-----Original Message----- From: Tony Schreiner anthony.schreiner@bc.edu To: cobbler mailing list cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org Sent: Wed, 25 May 2016 21:23 Subject: [cobbler] Re: cobbler managing debian install no CD- ROM detected
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On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Tony Schreiner <anthony.schr einer@bc.edu> wrote:
PXE boot with whatever the cobbler profile provides
On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 4:17 PM, <alastair@alastair-munro.c om> 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@bc.edu > To: cobbler mailing list cobbler@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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