Hmm, my compute.rhels6.x86_64.tmpl (under /opt/xcat) has: %include /tmp/partitioning
Rather than a static set of partitions. This is how pre.rh feeds the data into the kickstart template. It also tries to avoid hitting SAN volumes, which was really the initial rationale for making pre.rh wrangle partitioning by default. I thought this was the case prior to 2.8.3 by a wide margin for the default template... -----Original Message----- From: Rich Sudlow [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:35 AM To: xCAT Users Mailing list Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Installing a machine using xnba 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><par > titions config:type="list"><partition><filesystem > config:type="symbol">vfat</filesystem><mount>/boot/efi</mount><size>12 > 8mb</size></partition><partition><mount>swap</mount><size>auto</size>< > /partition><partition><mount>/</mount><size>auto</size></partition></p > artitions>!' /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. 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