[et-mgmt-tools] no network with koan --virt vm?

[Michael DeHaan]

Bill McGonigle wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2007, at 11:29, Michael DeHaan wrote:
>
>> What does your full /etc/dhcp.conf as generated by cobbler look like? 
>> How about /var/lib/cobbler/settings?
>
> dhcpd.conf looks reasonable, at least to me:
>
> ------
> ddns-update-style interim;
>
> allow booting;
> allow bootp;
>
> ignore client-updates;
> set vendorclass = option vendor-class-identifier;
>
> subnet 172.16.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> option routers 172.16.0.1;
> option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
> # range dynamic-bootp 172.16.0.101 172.16.0.110;
> filename "/pxelinux.0";
> default-lease-time 21600;
> max-lease-time 43200;
> next-server bread;
> }
>
>
> host label1 {
> hardware ethernet BF:CC:AC:10:00:65;
> fixed-address 172.16.0.101;
> next-server bread;
> }
> ------
>
> The two changes I've made to cobbler/settings are manage_dhcp and 
> yum_core_mirror_from_server.
>
> ------
> bootloaders:
> ia64: /var/lib/cobbler/elilo-3.6-ia64.efi
> standard: /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0
> default_kickstart: /etc/cobbler/default.ks
> dhcpd_bin: /usr/sbin/dhcpd
> dhcpd_conf: /etc/dhcpd.conf
> httpd_bin: /usr/sbin/httpd
> kernel_options:
> ksdevice: eth0
> lang: ' '
> text: ~
> koan_path: ''
> manage_dhcp: 1
> minimize_syncs: 1
> next_server: bread
> server: bread
> syslog_port: 25150
> tftpboot: /tftpboot
> tftpd_bin: /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
> tftpd_conf: /etc/xinetd.d/tftp
> webdir: /var/www/cobbler
> xmlrpc_port: 25151
> yum_core_mirror_from_server: 1
>
> -----
>
> Is there something I'm supposed to be doing to the stock xen 
> configuration to enable networking for cobbler?
> I ask because even specifying an IP manually to anaconda didn't get me 
> anywhere. I also don't see something that looks like a network device 
> in the kernel messages of the domU, though I admit to not knowing what 
> to look for, or if it ought to be there under Xen.
>
> Thanks,
> -Bill
>
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I'm not immediately sure what's up, but networking does work with Xen 
installs through cobbler.

This may be easier to explore over IRC (#cobbler / irc.freenode.net) if 
you don't have something blocking IRC in the way.

--Michael