[et-mgmt-tools] koan not grabbing updated ks.cfg from cobbler server after a botched kickstart?

[Michael DeHaan]

Tom Georgoulias wrote:
> Started experimenting with koan today and got myself into a bit of 
> circle.
>
> Used koan with --replace-self and everything went smoothly until 
> anaconda choked on a syntax error in my ks.cfg.  I corrected the error 
> in the ks.cfg on the cobbler server, used "cobbler sync" to get the 
> fixed ks.cfg into the profile, then rebooted the client to reattempt 
> teh install.
>
> Unfortunately for me, koan didn't attempt to get the corrected ks.cfg 
> from the cobbler server, it used the one already on the client.  I 
> tried to boot up the server I was trying to reinstall and manually 
> edit /var/spool/koan/ks.cfg, but that didn't work either.  Where does 
> koan keep the ks.cfg?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom

Koan embeds the ks.cfg in the image, in order to work around some DHCP 
timeouts that are possible in quite a few network configurations.

So all you needed to do was to run "--replace-self" again to add the new 
kickstart entry.

You may also find the "cobbler validateks" command useful, which checks 
all of the kickstart files you have for possible errors, using the 
"validateks" tool.
This can help find some errors (but not all) prior to install time.

--Michael