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 <[email protected]> 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 > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"Scot Floess" <[email protected]> > *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > *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: > > $SNIPPET('kickstart_done') > > And now see: > > wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/ks/system/centos-workstation"; -O > /root/cobbler.ks > wget "http://cobbler/cblr/svc/op/trig/mode/post/system/centos-workstation"; > -O /dev/null > > However, I am still getting the reinstall happening... > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *"James Cammarata" <[email protected]> > *To: *"cobbler mailing list" <[email protected]> > *Sent: *Tuesday, November 26, 2013 1:37:53 PM > *Subject: *Re: [cobbler] Using KOAN to install a VM under CentOS 6.4 > using CentOS Xen...it installs over and over again > > Do you also have the kickstart done ($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 <[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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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