Yes, it should be the last thing before the %end, as you have it.
Have you also set pxe_just_once:1 in your cobbler settings?
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Scot Floess <sflo...@redhat.com> wrote:
> James,
>
> Curious - is something from the kickstart_done that does the right thing
> as far as ensuring "kick start" that KOAN initially uses isn't copied over
> or something like that? To be honest, that's what it feels like is
> happening ... once installed the VM doesn't have the ability to boot off
> the installed bootloader and then simply uses the same "kickstart" to
> reinstall again...
>
> I don't know if this may be the issue but at the end of my kickstart, it
> looks liek the following:
>
> $SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
>
> %end
> Is that out of order maybe?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Flossy
>
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> *From: *"Scot Floess" <sflo...@redhat.com>
> *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 2:20:34 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>
> James,
>
> Interesting!
>
> So I have an old kickstart I've been using since Cobbler 1.6x days... In
> it I have $kickstart_done - but when executing
>
> cobbler system getks --name=centos-workstation
>
> I see it is not expanded!
>
> So I added the snippet to the end of my kickstart like so:
>
> $SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
>
> And now see:
>
> wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/centos-workstation"; -O
> /root/cobbler.ks
> wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/trig/mode/post/system/centos-workstation";
> -O /dev/null
>
> However, I am still getting the reinstall happening...
>
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>
> *From: *"James Cammarata" <j...@sngx.net>
> *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:37:53 PM
> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>
> Do you also have the kickstart done ($SNIPPET('kickstart_done')) snippet
> included in your %post section? That is the piece which notifies the
> cobbler server the PXE is complete and toggles the netboot-enabled flag.
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 11:37 AM, Scot Floess <sflo...@redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> I should say I also tried setting netboot-enabled to 0 and verify its not
>> enabled in the UI...
>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From: *"Scot Floess" <sflo...@redhat.com>
>> *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 12:33:29 PM
>> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
>> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>>
>> Bryan,
>>
>> Thanks for the response!
>>
>> Alas this isn't a netboot problem - although at first glance I thought
>> you were correct. Unfortunately, I'm watching my VM reinstall itself again
>> :(
>>
>> It's almost like I "koan --replace-self" but that's not what I told it to
>> do. In fact, this is what I executed:
>>
>> koan --server=cobbler --system=centos-workstation --virt
>>
>> I literally see the VM install itself, bootloader installs then the VM
>> shutdown and is started up again and its as if I initiated the original "koan
>> --server=cobbler --system=centos-workstation --virt"
>>
>> Flossy
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *From: *"Bryan Hughes" <bhug...@gisfederal.com>
>> *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <cobbler@lists.fedorahosted.org>
>> *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 11:24:53 AM
>> *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4
>> using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again
>>
>> it is because of the "Netboot Enabled" flag in cobbler.
>>
>> After the node begins its kickstart either change netboot enabled to
>> false (unchecked) in GUI or run the following command:
>>
>> cobbler system edit --name=<hostname> --netboot-enabled=0
>>
>> That should fix it for you.
>>
>> Make sure you do it AFTER it begins PXE (so during DHCP stage is fine,
>> right after it gets its IP).
>>
>>
>> On 11/26/13, 9:30 AM, Scot Floess wrote:
>>
>> All,
>>
>> I'm somewhat confounded by what I'm seeing when using KOAN. I have a
>> machine running CentOS 6.4 and installed CentOS-Xen using para
>> virtualization (my hardware on this box doesn't support full
>> virtualization)...
>>
>> I had an old VM I created under CentOS 5.9 Xen which I migrated over to
>> this new machine and it runs fine...
>>
>> However, I am trying to spin up a new VM and what I see happening is
>> the install proceeds as expected (again using KOAN). I see in VNC when the
>> boot loader installs and then the VM attempts to reboot and run... What it
>> does next is not expected: the install proceeds again...and this continues
>> forever... Once it reinstalls, it reboots and reinstalls again...
>>
>> This all works fine under CentOS 5.x - so it could be Xen 4.2 or it
>> could just be me :) Which, BTW, CentOS-Xen is 4.2 I believe.
>>
>> Thanks ahead of time...
>>
>> Flossy
>>
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