[et-mgmt-tools] Cobbler Virtual Kickstart Hanging

[Demetri Mouratis]

On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
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Thanks Michael,

That seems to have gotten me by the issue.  I'm running into another
issue now but I think I know what is up.

-D