How do you propose I do that? And, you didn't answer my question. James M. Bulger Data Center Tech Center for Research Computing 506 W. South St. South Bend, In. 46601 574-631-7252
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:52 AM, <mark.sh...@dell.com> wrote: > > > *Dell - Internal Use - Confidential * > > Hi James, > > > > Is it possible to get clarification on the steps that exhibited this > behavior where the boot sequence changed from PXE,Disk to Disk, PXE? Did > it happen after installing (or reinstalling) an OS? > > > > Thanks, > Mark > > > > *From:* James Bulger [mailto:james.bulge...@nd.edu] > *Sent:* Friday, March 16, 2018 10:45 AM > *To:* Jreij, Elie <elie_jr...@dell.com> > *Cc:* S1, Vivek <vivek...@dell.com>; linux-poweredge-Lists < > linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com>; Shutt, Mark <mark_sh...@dell.com>; > Liu, Wei <wei_g_...@dell.com> > > *Subject:* Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] uefi boot order changing > > > > Is there a way to check these things from the iLO? It is the only access I > have right now. Also, When the machine was configured, we always set pxe as > first boot device, so no, the OS is not set as first. The entire new > cluster, all 150 or so machines, were shipped with a single hard drive, as > I'm sure the machine specs will confirm. So, I'm not sure if there is a > RAID controller or not, but it would be a waste with 1 hdd. Do the machine > specs say there is a RAID controller? > > > James M. Bulger > > Data Center Tech > > Center for Research Computing > > 506 W. South St. > <https://maps.google.com/?q=506+W.+South+St.+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+South+Bend,+In.+46601+%0D%0A574&entry=gmail&source=g> > > South Bend, In. 46601 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=506+W.+South+St.+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+South+Bend,+In.+46601+%0D%0A574&entry=gmail&source=g> > 574-631-7252 <(574)%20631-7252> > > > > On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 11:25 AM, <elie.jr...@dell.com> wrote: > > Dell - Internal Use - Confidential > > Hi stijn, > According to our BIOS experts, per industry spec, the OS installer puts > the newly created OS entry at the top. Can you confirm that you installed > the OS on the disk that became the first boot device? Also are you using a > RAID controller? > Thanks, > Elie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of S1, Vivek > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2018 4:29 AM > To: linux-poweredge-Lists <linux-powere...@lists.us.dell.com> > Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] uefi boot order changing > > Dell - Internal Use - Confidential > > Hello stijn, > > Would it be possible to share the boot manager screen with current list > items in it for understanding more. > > Thanks > Vivek > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2018 13:52:24 +0100 > From: Stijn De Weirdt <stijn.dewei...@ugent.be> > To: linux-poweredge@dell.com > Subject: [Linux-PowerEdge] uefi boot order changing > Message-ID: <4bd27fd3-7327-7c13-e61d-30868630c...@ugent.be> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > hi all, > > we see an issue with the boot order in uefi (now in idrac9 on m640, but we > also had this on our m630): it's changing for no real obvious reason, and > doing the wrong thing in the end. > > the problem is that we want to do pxe boot first, then disk boot. > > however, under certain circumstances, the order changes. in particular, > when we reinstall a node, it flips to disk-pxe. we think that it is because > the disks gets reinstalled, and uefi sees the new boot disk, and decides > that since the old boot disk is no more, it falls back to some default > order. > > however, the right thing to do would be to keep the order the same as much > as possible, in particular, the pxe boot should always be kept first. > > is anyone experiencing similar issues? or knows the correct reason why we > are seeing this? or has some tips how to fix this? > > many thanks, > > stijn > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > > ------------------------------ > > End of Linux-PowerEdge Digest, Vol 166, Issue 1 > *********************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > Linux-PowerEdge@dell.com > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > > >
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