[et-mgmt-tools] Installation issue with cobbler

[Michael DeHaan]

Chris Sarginson wrote:
> Viswanath T K wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I did try using a Fedora 7 distribution and cobbler did work. But it
>> didnt work for the a kernel with Xen support.
>>
>> cant we do that ?
>
> I think what you will need to do is use the Fedora 7 distro to do the 
> install, however in your kickstart file you should include kernel-xen 
> so that the xen kernel is installed if you are going to be setting up 
> xen vm's on the server
>
> Chris
>
Yes, if you are installing on real metal that is what you should do.


>>
>> the output of cobbler profile report fc7xenwebservers is as below :
>> profile         : fc7xenwebservers
>> distro          : fc7xen
>> kickstart       : /etc/cobbler/default.ks
>> kernel options  : {}
>> ks metadata     : {}
>> virt file size  : 5
>> virt ram        : 512
>> virt type       : auto
>> virt path       : virt bridge     : xenbr0
>> virt cpus       : 1
>> repos           : []
>> dhcp tag        : default
>> server          : <<inherit>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks & Regards,
>> Viswanath T K
>> On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 10:35 -0500, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 7. When I select fc7xenwebservers then I get the error, "Invalid or
>>>> corrupt kernel image". Can anyone help me ?
>>>>    If I select local nothing happens.
>>>>   
>>> You can't PXE boot a Xen kernel/initrd pair.
>>>
>>> Those are for installing paravirt Xen guests, not hosts.
>>>
>>> I would suspect if you did "cobbler profile report fc7xenwebservers" 
>>> you would find
>>> that the distro has the name "xen" in it somewhere.
>>>
>>> --Michael
>>>
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