[et-mgmt-tools] cobbler-1.0.1-2 - build problem using koan

Adam Rosenwald thestrider at gmail.com
Tue Jul 1 12:04:52 UTC 2008


Tom Brown wrote:
>
>> OK.  Something is definitely missing here.  Notice how 
>> (http://www.redhat.com/magazine/024oct06/features/kickstart/) GRUB 
>> contains options for setting the IP address, netmask, and gateway for 
>> the system you intend to boot.  These arguments are /*not*/ set in 
>> /your/ grub configuration.  As to why they are not, either you didn't 
>> specify them during your cobbler system provisioning OR there is some 
>> kind of a bug in koan's 'reprovision' logic.  Likely the former.  
>> Please double check that you specified
>>
>> cobbler .... --ip=X --subnet=Y --gateway=Z ...
>>
>> in your provision command.
>>
>
> # cobbler system report --name=xxxxxx
> system           : xxxxxx
> profile          : RHEL4-u5-i386-prd
> kernel options   : {}
> kickstart        : <<inherit>>
> ks metadata      : {'nameserver': '10.xxx.xxx.117'}
> netboot enabled? : True
> owners           : ['admin']
> server           : <<inherit>>
> virt cpus        : <<inherit>>
> virt file size   : <<inherit>>
> virt path        : <<inherit>>
> virt ram         : <<inherit>>
> virt type        : <<inherit>>
> interface        : intf0
>  mac address    : 00:13:72:69:95:7E
>  ip address     : 10.xxx.xxx.19
>  hostname       : xxxxxx
>  gateway        : 10.xxx.xxx.253
>  subnet         : 255.255.254.0
>  virt bridge    :
>  dhcp tag       :
>
> that seems fine to me?
>
> and the koan version on the client
>
> # rpm -qa | grep koan
> koan-1.0.0-1.el4
>
> thanks for any further info
OK... good.  If you could try to do so, please reprovision your system 
with the following amendment:

    * cobbler ... --kopts='ip=10.xxx.xxx.19 netmask=255.255.254.0
      gateway=10.xxx.xxx.253 dns=10.xxx.xxx.117' ...

Resync and see if the new grub file installed after koaning looks the part.

-A.
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