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    • R
      rockinhc
      last edited by rockinhc

      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

        @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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        • george1421G
          george1421 Moderator
          last edited by

          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

            @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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            • george1421G
              george1421 Moderator
              last edited by george1421

              @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

                @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

                  @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 ElliottT
                    Tom Elliott
                    last edited by Tom Elliott

                    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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                    • george1421G
                      george1421 Moderator @Sebastian Roth
                      last edited by

                      @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

                        @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 ElliottT
                          Tom Elliott @rockinhc
                          last edited by

                          @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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                          • george1421G
                            george1421 Moderator @rockinhc
                            last edited by

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

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