EDIT: 2015-03-29 16:14 UTC+1: After downloading the images, the VM throws the error "Failed to mount RPC Pipe Filesystem"
I am trying to do automatic installation of CentOS 7 via PXE.
My PXE server defaults everything to the CentOS 7 install, since this is testing:
My /srv/tftp/pxelinux.cfg/default:
#prompt 1
timeout 600
default centos7
label centos7
menu label ^Install CentOS 7
kernel centos/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz
append vga=normal initrd=centos/images/pxeboot/initrd.img ks=http://**.***.**.***/kickstart7.cfg priority=critical IPAPPEND 2
The files in my /srv/tftp/centos/images/pxeboot seem to be OK:
root@dvxtest:/srv/tftp/centos/images/pxeboot# md5sum *
b643733cacd1a8b6715f00ba669e69ed initrd.img
064652e5c5e03bdc96f7b7b10d1c5c61 TRANS.TBL
b76341074e5d68b4e315d00b29fb11fb upgrade.img
1f8a3bc847320572e531251fbf7e546b vmlinuz
I've readen on the official CentOS forums that it might be the wrong file booting, so I just downloaded the complete CentOS install dvd iso-file and mounted using this instead of unpacked files.
When I start my VM it seems to be OK:
Trying to load: /pxelinux.cfg/default ok
Loading centos/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz.......
Loading centos/images/pxeboot/initrd.img....................................
After that it downloads all needed files from the given repository with the warning that "update.img" and "product.img" does not exist. According to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722409 this should be OK because "product.img" is RHEL related and "update.img" is only needed in "certain cases"
After this my VM throws the error "Failed to mount RPC Pipe File System" while booting, then starts the live-login
My kickstart.cfg:
# System authorization information
auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
# Use network installation
repo --name=base --baseurl=http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/centos/7/os/x86_64/
url --url="http://mirror.cogentco.com/pub/linux/centos/7/os/x86_64/"
# Run the Setup Agent on first boot
firstboot --enable
ignoredisk --only-use=sda
# Keyboard layouts
keyboard --vckeymap=sg --xlayouts='ch'
# System language
lang de_CH.UTF-8
# Network information
network --bootproto=static --device=enp4s0 --gateway=192.168.100.1 --ip=192.168.0.130 --nameserver=192.168.100.1 --netmask=255.255.255.0 --ipv6=auto --activate --hostname=roflcopter.lh
# Root password
rootpw --plaintext test123
# System timezone
timezone Europe/Zurich --isUtc
# System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda
autopart --type=lvm
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda
%packages
@core
%end
What I tried until now:
- Use different mirrors
- Tried using a different kickstart file: https://www.centosblog.com/centos-7-minimal-kickstart-file/
- Be sure my kickstart file is used by deleting it and trying to start
- use pxeboot files from different public mirrors
- use pxeboot files from live-DVD
Until now, I'm completely clueless of what the problem could be and I'm not even sure on how to debug it.
I'm sorry if I might have forgotten any useful information, please just tell me and I will provide it.
Any help is appreciated
Thank you for your time.
