On 06/17/2015 09:20 AM, Jarrod Johnson wrote: Hi Jarrod > Interesting, what distro and profile? Do you have a custom profile or custom > partitioning? > Using RHELS 6.6 - No just a single / partition
> The need for /boot/efi should be autodetected and put into the automatic > partition plan by one of the following snippets of code (depending on > distro/profile): > # grep '/boot/efi' /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.* > /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.rh: echo 'part /boot/efi --size > 50 --ondisk '$instdisk' --fstype $EFIFSTYPE' >> /tmp/partitioning > /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.rh.rhel7: echo 'part /boot/efi > --size 50 --ondisk '$instdisk' --fstype '$EFIFSTYPE >> /tmp/partitioning > /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.sles: sed -e > 's!<device>XCATPARTITIONHOOK</device>!<device>'$instdisk'</device><partitions > config:type="list"><partition><filesystem > config:type="symbol">vfat</filesystem><mount>/boot/efi</mount><size>128mb</size></partition><partition><mount>swap</mount><size>auto</size></partition><partition><mount>/</mount><size>auto</size></partition></partitions>!' > /tmp/profile/autoinst.xml > /tmp/profile/modified.xml > [root@odin scripts]# I see > [root@opt-mgmt scripts]# grep '/boot/efi' pre.rh > echo 'part /boot/efi --size 50 --ondisk '$instdisk' --fstype vfat' >> > /tmp/partitioning The only partition in my template file (compute.rhels6.x86_64.tmpl) is part / --size 1 --grow --fstype ext4 --ondisk sda where does $instdisk come from? Rich P.S. I'll create another template with /boot/efi in it and see if that works while waiting for your response - unfortunately this machine has 3 TB of RAM so it takes a while to reboot. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Sudlow [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:03 AM > To: xCAT Users Mailing list > Subject: [xcat-user] Installing a machine using xnba > > I'm new to using uefi so this is a naive question. > > I'm using xcat version 2.8.3 trying to install a Dell R920 using uefi as I'd > like to install using a singe > 5 TB RAID virtual disk - > > I'm using xnba which seems to work fine until I hit > > You have not created a /boot/efi partition - > > Is this something I should be doing manually prior to install? > Any help would be appreciated. > > Rich > > > > Here are more details. > ***************************** > waiting for hardware to initialize... > Retrieving http://10.32.64.2:80/install/autoinst/daccssfe... > Waiting for NetworkManager to configure p9p1. > Retrieving http://10.32.64.2/install/rhels6.6/x86_64/images/updates.img... > Retrieving http://10.32.64.2/install/rhels6.6/x86_64/images/product.img... > Retrieving http://10.32.64.2/install/rhels6.6/x86_64/images/install.img... > Running anaconda 13.21.229, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux system installer - > please wait. > Examining storage devices > In progress > > The following errors occurred with your partitioning: > > You have not created a /boot/efi partition. > > This can happen if there is not enough space on your hard drive(s) for the > installation. > > Press 'OK' to exit the installer. > The system will now reboot. > terminating anaconda...done > sending termination signals...done > sending kill signals...done > disabling swap... > unmounting filesystems... > /mnt/runtime done > disabling /dev/loop0 > /dev/pts done > /selinux done > waiting for mdraid sets to become clean... > rebooting system > *************************** > > -- > Rich Sudlow > University of Notre Dame > Center for Research Computing - Union Station > 506 W. South St > South Bend, In 46601 > > (574) 631-7258 (office) > (574) 807-1046 (cell) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > -- Rich Sudlow University of Notre Dame Center for Research Computing - Union Station 506 W. South St South Bend, In 46601 (574) 631-7258 (office) (574) 807-1046 (cell) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
