I cant use DHCP yet in my prd environment but i can use koan so i can
have cobbler rebuild existing hosts.
I have setup a cobbler server and added a test system to that but i
encounter an issue when i try and build using koan in that after the
client reboots and boots the 'kick' kernel it seems unable to get the
kickstart as it starts to ask me which ethernet card to use and also
then tries to do a DHCP request.
If i hit the URL that generates the kickstart it seems fine and the
network part looks like this apart from the xxxxxx and the
'cobbler.server' hostname
# Use network installation
url --url=http://cobbler.server/cblr/links/RHEL4-u5-i386
# Network information
network --bootproto=static --device=eth0 --onboot=on
--ip=10.xxx.xxx.19 --netmask=255.255.254.0 --gateway=10.xxx.xxx.253
--nameserver=10.xxx.xxx.117 --hostname=xxxxxxxx
In the grub config on the client before i reboot i see this
title kick1214906905
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz ro root=LABEL=/
ks=http://cobbler.server/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/xxxxxxxx
initrd /initrd.img
and the 'cobbler.server' can be resolved from the client using the
correct nameserver -
Does anyone have any ideas whats going on as i am stuck?
i should perhaps point out that i i have manage_dhcp=0 in the
configuration so DHCP should not come into the equation. Also i have
since removed the cobbler server hostname and replaced it with an IP
incase this made a difference, it hasnt.
Using a different tty on the install process just before it asks me
about which ethernet card to use i can see it say 'getting kickstart
file' - If i boot the client i am trying to install back into its OS and
then wget on the kickstart URL it downloads fine.
still stuck....
thanks
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