I set up cobbler on bootserver according to <a href="http://et.redhat.com/page/Cobbler_Import" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">import procedure</a> Distro: centos-5 I modified the kickstart file <below> and edited the cobbler settings files <below> when the `cobbler import`-generated settings files caused problems. ############## /var/lib/cobbler/settings ############## --- bootloaders: ia64: /var/lib/cobbler/elilo-3.6-ia64.efi standard: /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0 default_kickstart: /etc/cobbler/default.ks dhcpd_bin: /usr/sbin/dhcpd dhcpd_conf: /etc/dhcpd.conf httpd_bin: /usr/sbin/httpd kernel_options: ksdevice: eth0 lang: ' ' text: ~ koan_path: '' manage_dhcp: 1 minimize_syncs: 1 next_server: <cobbler hostname> server: <cobbler hostname> syslog_port: 25150 tftpboot: /tftpboot tftpd_bin: /usr/sbin/in.tftpd tftpd_conf: /etc/xinetd.d/tftp webdir: /var/www/cobbler yum_core_mirror_from_server: 1 ############## /var/lib/cobbler/distros ############## - arch: x86_64 breed: redhat initrd: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror<div id="mb_0">/centos-5/images/xen/initrd.img kernel: /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos-5/images/xen/vmlinuz kernel_options: {} ks_meta: {} name: centos-5-xen source_ repos: - - 'http://<cobbler hostname>/cobbler/ks_mirror/config/centos-5-xen-0. repo' - 'http://<cobbler hostname>/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos-5' - ... additional non-xen centos-5 distro ############### /var/lib/cobbler/profiles ############### --- - distro: centos-5-xen kernel_options: {} kickstart: /etc/cobbler/centos-5-xen.ks ks_meta: test_boot_server: <cobbler hostname> name: testing-centos-5-xen repos: [] virt_file_size: 36 virt_paravirt: True virt_ram: 2048 - ... additional non-xen centos-5 profiles ############### /var/lib/cobbler/systems ############### --- - kernel_options: {} ks_meta: test_gateway: '<my gw>' test_hostname: <my hn> test_ip: '<my ip>' test_mac_address: '<my mac>' test_netmask: '<my nm>' test_ns: '<my ns>' name: '<my mac>' netboot_enabled: 1 profile: testing-centos-5-xen pxe_address: '<my ip>' - ...etc ############### /etc/cobbler/centos-5-xen.ks ############### #Generated by Kickstart Configurator #platform=x86, AMD64, or Intel EM64T #System language lang en_US #Language modules to install langsupport en_US #System keyboard keyboard us #System mouse mouse #Sytem timezone # timezone --utc America/New_York timezone --utc GMT #Root password rootpw --iscrypted <some encrypted passwd> #Reboot after installation reboot #Use text mode install text #Install OS instead of upgrade install #Use HTTP-based installation Media url --url http://$test_boot_server/cobbler/ks_mirror/centos-5 # cobbler should overwrite the preceding anyway -- it doesn't; hence the need for this ks_meta item in cobbler distro addition #System bootloader configuration ## bootloader --location=mbr bootloader --location=mbr #Clear the Master Boot Record zerombr yes #Partition clearing information clearpart --all --initlabel #Disk partitioning information part swap --size 2048 part /var --size 2048 part /tmp --size 2048 part / --fstype ext3 --size 1 --grow #System authorization infomation auth --useshadow --enablemd5 #Network information network --bootproto static --ip $test_ip --netmask $test_netmask --gateway $test _gateway --nameserver $test_ns --hostname $test_hostname --device eth0 #Firewall configuration firewall --disabled #Do not configure XWindows skipx #Disable SELinux selinux --disabled #Package install information %packages --resolvedeps @ development-libs @ development-tools @ editors @ legacy-software-development @ legacy-software-support @ miscallvars @ mysql @ system-tools @ text-internet @ base-x @ mysql ################### In sum, after installing koan (again following the instructions from the "import DVD page") and running `koan --virt --server=<cobbler server hostname> --system=<mac address of proposed virtual host>` I received some errors and corrected them in turn, by modifying either my kickstart file or the cobbler settings (distros, profiles, systems) files. There is one error, however, which perplexes me. I can load the centos-5-xen kernel and initrd files. DHCP appears cool. Anaconda starts and then... ########## Unable to read package metadata. This may be due to a missing | | repodata directory. Please ensure that your install tree has | | been correctly generated. Cannot open/read repomd.xml file | | for repository: anaconda-base-200704101946.x86_64 ########## This bothers me because in my kickstart file (which I verified the ks_meta args in /var/www/cobbler/kickstarts_sys/<my mac>/ks.cfg) clearly has the correct 'url --url ...' line which points to the repository. Any thoughts? I appreciate your time. Sincerely, - Adam. </div>