Re: [CentOS] Help with an HP Proliant gen10 plus?
On Mon, 9 Jan 2023, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Yeah. Going to work on it some more today. Plus got a finish a paper for a symposium. I give up on learning tex; I found a word template that can create the right pdf, so pull out all my writing in tex and start over. And I DO use the IETF's xml format for creating Internet Drafts, so I am teachable on this stuff despite my age... Are you trying to use tex directly? Latex is written on top of tex and might be easier. -- Michael henne...@mail.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu "Occasionally irrational explanations are required" -- Luke Roman ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Help with an HP Proliant gen10 plus?
> > > On 1/9/23 01:37, Simon Matter wrote: >>> Just starting and trying to boot off the SPP firmware update ISO image >>> on a USB stick. >>> >>> I made the stick with: >>> >>> # mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb >> >> Why create an MS-DOS filesystem on the stick which gets immediately >> overwritten in the next step? > > I think the idea is to get that first 4MB set up for booting, as the dd > skips that space. No, what you've set is a dd block size of 4MB. > >> >> >>> # dd bs=4M >>> if=P52581_001_gen10spp-2022.09.01.00-SPP2022090100.2022_0930.1.iso >>> of=/dev/sdb status=progress >> Is this what HPE says how to create the stick? If yes then you may ask >> HPE >> how to get it to work. > > HP gives no instructions. At least I can't find it on the support > pages. I do have a support account. You should be able to simply do dd if=P52581_001_gen10spp-2022.09.01.00-SPP2022090100.2022_0930.1.iso of=/dev/sdb of even simpler cat P52581_001_gen10spp-2022.09.01.00-SPP2022090100.2022_0930.1.iso > /dev/sdb If that's not working I don't know what to do else. Otherwise you could search for an USB disk image instead of an ISO image, I don't know if HPE provides such a thing. BTW, if this server has an HPE ILO, you can upgrade firmware directly from there. Regards, Simon > > You should just 'know' how to build a bootable device from a 9GB iso > image. > > >> >>> The usb drive is 16GB and the iso is 9GB. >>> >>> seem to boot from it and go into auto install of firmware then died >>> with >>> >>> starting initrd... >>> >>> warning!!! Unable to mount the file system [cdrom] >>> warning!!! Unable to mount the file system >>> >>> Preboot maintence mode >>> >>> /bin/ash: can't access tty: job control turned off >>> >>> and at # prompt. >>> >>> There is no cdrom on the gen10 plus. Only in internal bootable usb >>> port. >> That's usually fine because the cdrom can be mounted as loop device. No >> need for a real cdrom. > > Yeah. Going to work on it some more today. Plus got a finish a paper > for a symposium. I give up on learning tex; I found a word template > that can create the right pdf, so pull out all my writing in tex and > start over. And I DO use the IETF's xml format for creating Internet > Drafts, so I am teachable on this stuff despite my age... > > I do vaguely recall working with tex for writing back around '78, but > that was it. > >> >> Regards, >> Simon >> >> ___ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS@centos.org >> https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Help with an HP Proliant gen10 plus?
On 1/9/23 01:37, Simon Matter wrote: Just starting and trying to boot off the SPP firmware update ISO image on a USB stick. I made the stick with: # mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb Why create an MS-DOS filesystem on the stick which gets immediately overwritten in the next step? I think the idea is to get that first 4MB set up for booting, as the dd skips that space. # dd bs=4M if=P52581_001_gen10spp-2022.09.01.00-SPP2022090100.2022_0930.1.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress Is this what HPE says how to create the stick? If yes then you may ask HPE how to get it to work. HP gives no instructions. At least I can't find it on the support pages. I do have a support account. You should just 'know' how to build a bootable device from a 9GB iso image. The usb drive is 16GB and the iso is 9GB. seem to boot from it and go into auto install of firmware then died with starting initrd... warning!!! Unable to mount the file system [cdrom] warning!!! Unable to mount the file system Preboot maintence mode /bin/ash: can't access tty: job control turned off and at # prompt. There is no cdrom on the gen10 plus. Only in internal bootable usb port. That's usually fine because the cdrom can be mounted as loop device. No need for a real cdrom. Yeah. Going to work on it some more today. Plus got a finish a paper for a symposium. I give up on learning tex; I found a word template that can create the right pdf, so pull out all my writing in tex and start over. And I DO use the IETF's xml format for creating Internet Drafts, so I am teachable on this stuff despite my age... I do vaguely recall working with tex for writing back around '78, but that was it. Regards, Simon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Help with an HP Proliant gen10 plus?
> Just starting and trying to boot off the SPP firmware update ISO image > on a USB stick. > > I made the stick with: > > # mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb Why create an MS-DOS filesystem on the stick which gets immediately overwritten in the next step? > # dd bs=4M > if=P52581_001_gen10spp-2022.09.01.00-SPP2022090100.2022_0930.1.iso > of=/dev/sdb status=progress Is this what HPE says how to create the stick? If yes then you may ask HPE how to get it to work. > > The usb drive is 16GB and the iso is 9GB. > > seem to boot from it and go into auto install of firmware then died with > > starting initrd... > > warning!!! Unable to mount the file system [cdrom] > warning!!! Unable to mount the file system > > Preboot maintence mode > > /bin/ash: can't access tty: job control turned off > > and at # prompt. > > There is no cdrom on the gen10 plus. Only in internal bootable usb port. That's usually fine because the cdrom can be mounted as loop device. No need for a real cdrom. Regards, Simon ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Help with an HP Proliant gen10 plus?
Just starting and trying to boot off the SPP firmware update ISO image on a USB stick. I made the stick with: # mkfs.vfat /dev/sdb # dd bs=4M if=P52581_001_gen10spp-2022.09.01.00-SPP2022090100.2022_0930.1.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress The usb drive is 16GB and the iso is 9GB. seem to boot from it and go into auto install of firmware then died with starting initrd... warning!!! Unable to mount the file system [cdrom] warning!!! Unable to mount the file system Preboot maintence mode /bin/ash: can't access tty: job control turned off and at # prompt. There is no cdrom on the gen10 plus. Only in internal bootable usb port. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
