[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler Virtual Kickstart Hanging

[Demetri Mouratis]

Hi List,

I've attempted to follow the instructions for setting up Cobbler to
support kickstarting virtual (xen) installs.  I'm invoking the
kickstart via the "ks" alias, defined as follows:

alias ks='koan --virt --profile=centos5virt --server=172.16.16.1'

Here's a look at the setup:

[root at mosxato ~]# cobbler list
distro centos5-i386
distro centos5-i386-xen
   profile centos5virt
      system default
repo centos4-i386
repo centos5-i386

[root at mosxato ~]# ip addr show dev eth0
7: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue
    link/ether 00:18:8b:f9:d9:23 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 10.10.1.137/24 brd 10.10.1.255 scope global eth0
    inet 172.16.16.1/24 scope global eth0
    inet6 fe80::218:8bff:fef9:d923/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever


[root at mosxato ~]# cat /etc/cobbler/dhcp.template
# ******************************************************************
# Cobbler managed dhcpd.conf file
#
# generated from cobbler dhcp.conf template ($date)
#
# ******************************************************************

ddns-update-style interim;

allow booting;
allow bootp;

ignore client-updates;
set vendorclass = option vendor-class-identifier;

subnet 192.168.122.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {}


subnet 172.16.16.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
     option routers          172.16.16.1;
     option subnet-mask      255.255.255.0;
     range dynamic-bootp     172.16.16.128 172.16.16.254;
     filename                "/pxelinux.0";
     default-lease-time      21600;
     max-lease-time          43200;
     next-server             $next_server;
}

$insert_cobbler_system_definitions

My kickstarts are hanging here:

md: md driver 0.90.3 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: bitmap version 4.39
TCP bic registered
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vbd/51712
XENBUS: Device with no driver: device/vif/0
Freeing unused kernel memory: 168k freed
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 360k

Can anyone see what I have done wrong?  The only part I'm not too sure
about is the 172.16.x.x network I've setup via iproute2.  It seems
right but its been a while.  I just need a rfc1918 address space to
create the VMs.

Thanks.

-D