Thanks for the suggestions Javier,
Here is my report info for the profile and distro:
[r...@xion software]# cobbler profile report --name=Ubuntu_8.04
profile : Ubuntu_8.04
distro : Ubuntu_8.04
comment :
created : Fri Jan 16 09:24:35 2009
dhcp tag : default
enable menu : True
kernel options : {'lang': 'en_US', 'preseed/url':
'http://192.168.1.254/ubuntu_ks/kickstart_Ubuntu8.04.cfg'}
kickstart : /var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/kickstart_Ubuntu8.04.cfg
ks metadata : {}
mgmt classes : []
modified : Fri Jan 16 10:47:26 2009
name servers : []
owners : ['admin']
post kernel options : {}
repos : ['Ubuntu_8.04']
server : <<inherit>>
template_files : {}
virt bridge : xenbr0
virt cpus : 1
virt file size : 5
virt path :
virt ram : 512
virt type : xenpv
[r...@xion software]# cobbler distro report --name=Ubuntu_8.04
distro : Ubuntu_8.04
architecture : i386
breed : ubuntu
created : Fri Jan 9 15:59:17 2009
comment :
initrd : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Ubuntu_8.04_netboot/initrd.gz
kernel : /var/www/cobbler/ks_mirror/Ubuntu_8.04_netboot/linux
kernel options : {'lang': 'en_US'}
ks metadata : {}
tree build time : Wed Dec 31 17:00:00 1969
modified : Fri Jan 16 09:38:43 2009
mgmt classes : []
os version :
owners : ['admin']
post kernel options : {}
template files : {}
[r...@xion software]#
I think later today I will try upgrading to 1.4 if this doesn't work
out or no one has any more suggestions. Although it would be a shame
as I have the other fedora distro/profiles working so well.
When you say there are example kickstarts for alternate mirrors, do
you mean the example kickstarts from the kickstart/preseed community,
or special ones from the cobbler community that I should be looking
at?
Thanks for your help/time/suggestion!
Jayson
On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 4:03 AM, Javier Palacios <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Jayson Barr <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am having a problem getting preseed files to work with cobbler and
>> was hoping for some help.
>>
>> I filed a ticket here:
>> https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/ticket/344
>>
>> Someone responded that I should bring this up in the mailing list, so here I
>> go.
>>
>> Here I will basically past everything from the ticket with a little at
>> the end about some recent developments:
>> I am running cobbler 1.3.4 on FC8. I am successfully using it to
>> automate Fedora Core 8 and 10 installations with my customized
>> kickstarts. Truly, cobbler is fantastic, but I am having a lot of
>> problems using it to preseed custom ubuntu installations.
>>
>> The short story: I can't get cobbler to use my preseed file.
>>
>> The long story: First off, using import results in the creation of
>> [...]
>> So, I looked at the DebianDeployment page some more and basically did
>> the old suggested steps of importing a full install disc as well as a
>> netboot image. Neither import worked, so I did "cobbler repo add" and
>> "cobbler distro add" with them and now they appear in "cobbler list"
>> output. I used "cobbler edit" to make the normal Ubuntu distro use the
>> kernel and initrd from the netboot image.
>
> Could you send the configuration for the distro & profile you did
> create ? I believe command is `cobbler distro report --name=...`
> Also, although I'm quite sure that it will not work with version 1.3.4, maybe
> the AlternateDebianDeployment page on wiki could give you some hints.
>
>> When I created the profile for this installation method, I used
>> --kickstart=/path/to/preseedfile.cfg
>
> Maybe the preseed was not copied to the proper location. Without
> the "report" output, I can only suggest to test without explicit kickstart,
> leaving cobbler to setup the default.seed
>
>> ### Mirror settings
>> # If you select ftp, the mirror/use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \
>> # mountpoint{ / }
>> \country string does not need to be set.
>> #d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
>> d-i mirror/country string enter United States
>> d-i mirror/http/hostname string 192.168.1.254
>> d-i mirror/http/directory string /cobbler/repo_mirror/Ubuntu_8.10
>> d-i mirror/http/proxy string
>>
>> Well, that was a lot of information. Hopefully someone has a suggestion?
>
> I don't remember right now how to do it, but using a custom mirror was
> a little bit tricky. Maybe the sample kickstarts could also give you a
> hint.
>
> Javier Palacios
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