[et-mgmt-tools] More Cobbler, Koan and Xen questions

[Foreman, Tim]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com
> [mailto:et-mgmt-tools-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of Foreman, Tim
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 2:15 PM
> To: 'Fedora/Linux Management Tools'
> Subject: RE: [et-mgmt-tools] More Cobbler, Koan and Xen questions
>> 
>> You have to run "cobbler sync" after hand-editing any 
>> files, whether those are kickstart files or files in
>>  /var/lib/cobbler.   So it's still using the old file.
> 
> Of course I did a "cobbler sync". But just to make sure, I 
> ran it again just now and re-ran koan.
> 
> Well hell, now it's working. I'm 99% sure that I ran "cobbler 
> sync" last time, but now it works.
> 
> <sigh>
> 
> I'll have to test it some more.

I take it back. I am seeing totally inconsistant results. I have
had it sucessfully perform an automated kickstart exactly once.

Deleting the Xen config file and disk image and changing nothing
else, and using exactly the same koan command line, I can not get
it to perform an automated install.

Every time I run it, it starts prompting me for input. Something
here is broken.

I wonder if I am running into a timing issue where the vif is not
up yet, so it can't find the kickstart file...

Any other thoughts?

Is there anyway to add more debugging output to this process?

Is anyone sucessfully using Koan and Cobbler to kickstart Xen
guests?

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