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 <[email protected]> wrote: > I should say I also tried setting netboot-enabled to 0 and verify its not > enabled in the UI... > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Scot Floess" <[email protected]> > *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > *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" <[email protected]> > *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > *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 > > -- > Make It So Number One > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing > [email protected]https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > -- > Make It So Number One > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > > -- > Make It So Number One > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > >
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