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    rockinhc
    last edited by rockinhc Oct 29, 2019, 4:56 PM Oct 29, 2019, 10:54 PM

    My client can pxe boot from fog and start the installation process but fails at find the repository for the os install.
    Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 3.46.16 PM.png

    My iPXE menu looks as follows:

    kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/centos7-dvd/vmlinuz
    initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/centos7-dvd/initrd.img
    imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=live:nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/centos7-dvd/LiveOS/squashfs.img ip=dhcp repo=nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/centos7-dvd splash quiet
    boot || goto MENU

    I have checked the the nfs shares exists and reachable from another system.
    Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 3.53.36 PM.png

    I would like help understanding what I’m doing wrong. Thank you

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      Sebastian Roth Moderator
      last edited by Oct 30, 2019, 5:21 AM

      @rockinhc Please click the “INSTALLATION SOURCE” button, take another picture of the settings and post here.

      According to this website the boot option is not repo=... but inst.repo=nfs:[options:]server:/path!

      Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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        george1421 Moderator
        last edited by Oct 29, 2019, 11:04 PM

        Realize that tftp and nfs have two different base paths. For tftp its /tftpboot and for nfs its /images. Do you have the repository files in the correct location?

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          rockinhc @george1421
          last edited by rockinhc Oct 29, 2019, 6:02 PM Oct 29, 2019, 11:58 PM

          @george1421 said in Centos/rhel install problem:

          Realize that tftp and nfs have two different base paths. For tftp its /tftpboot and for nfs its /images. Do you have the repository files in the correct location?

          It looks like i have the correct repository location.
          Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 4.55.12 PM.png

          I can connect to the nfs share from my macbook.
          Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 5.01.47 PM.png

          Which will show these contents:
          Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 5.02.20 PM.png

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            george1421 Moderator
            last edited by george1421 Oct 29, 2019, 6:08 PM Oct 30, 2019, 12:08 AM

            @rockinhc said in Centos/rhel install problem:

            kernel tftp://${fog-ip}/os/centos7-dvd/vmlinuz
            initrd tftp://${fog-ip}/os/centos7-dvd/initrd.img
            imgargs vmlinuz initrd=initrd.img root=live:nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/centos7-dvd/LiveOS/squashfs.img ip=dhcp repo=nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/centos7-dvd splash quiet
            boot || goto MENU

            Ah I think I see it.

            First I’m still questioning the root= live: nfs:// bit. But nfs paths have a colon after the host name.

            so
            root=live:nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/centos7-dvd/LiveOS/squashfs.img
            should be written as:
            root=live:nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/centos7-dvd/LiveOS
            /squashfs.img

            and
            repo=nfs://${fog-ip}/images/os/centos7-dvd

            should be
            repo=nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/centos7-dvd

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              rockinhc @george1421
              last edited by Oct 30, 2019, 12:24 AM

              @george1421
              Nice catch! I did miss that but it’s still not working…
              Screen Shot 2019-10-29 at 5.22.15 PM.png

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                Sebastian Roth Moderator
                last edited by Oct 30, 2019, 5:21 AM

                @rockinhc Please click the “INSTALLATION SOURCE” button, take another picture of the settings and post here.

                According to this website the boot option is not repo=... but inst.repo=nfs:[options:]server:/path!

                Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                  Tom Elliott
                  last edited by Tom Elliott Oct 30, 2019, 5:40 AM Oct 30, 2019, 11:38 AM

                  So the setup per redhat documentation:
                  https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/installation_guide/chap-anaconda-boot-options

                  In particular, remove the // as the installer documentation shows it’s not to be set with nfs://

                  inst.repo=nfs:${fog-ip}:/images/os/centos7-dvd
                  

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                  Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                    george1421 Moderator @Sebastian Roth
                    last edited by Oct 30, 2019, 1:14 PM

                    @Sebastian-Roth said in Centos/rhel install problem:

                    According to this website the boot option is not repo=… but inst.repo=nfs:[options:]server:/path!

                    You know I really wonder where I got that imgargs line from? Its complicated enough I just didn’t make it up. I searched last night but I couldn’t find a good example of netbooting centos 7.

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                      rockinhc @Tom Elliott
                      last edited by Oct 30, 2019, 3:58 PM

                      @Tom-Elliott said in Centos/rhel install problem:

                      So the setup per redhat documentation:
                      https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/installation_guide/chap-anaconda-boot-options

                      In particular, remove the // as the installer documentation shows it’s not to be set with nfs://

                      inst.repo=nfs:${fog-ip}:/images/os/centos7-dvd
                      

                      Thank you George/Sebastian/Tom! This worked

                      inst.repo=nfs:${fog-ip}:/images/os/centos7-dvd
                      

                      Screen Shot 2019-10-30 at 8.48.46 AM.png
                      Screen Shot 2019-10-30 at 8.49.46 AM.png

                      That’s strange since this is different from the instructions from link text

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                        Tom Elliott @rockinhc
                        last edited by Oct 30, 2019, 4:05 PM

                        @rockinhc At one time, maybe the nfs:// worked fine, but it’s since been deprecated and as a part of that, i imagine when @george1421 created that article, the OS version wasn’t at the version it is now. Even though it’s still CentOS 7, its incremental upgrades may have removed the deprecated options as well.

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                        Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                          george1421 Moderator @rockinhc
                          last edited by Oct 30, 2019, 5:19 PM

                          @rockinhc The tutorial has been updated to reflect the currently in use kernel options. Thank you for the feedback.

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