[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler Virtual Kickstart Hanging

[Michael DeHaan]

Demetri Mouratis wrote:
> 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
>
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>   

Try --nogfx parameter to koan.

I would speculate they are not hanging, but the xen console is cutting 
off in favor of VNC at this point in the install.

It would be nice if both worked simulatenously though it doesn't work 
like that.

--Michael