No problem, just buy some Lenovo E7 boxes next time ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: Rich Sudlow [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:28 AM
To: xCAT Users Mailing list
Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Installing a machine using xnba
On 06/17/2015 10:03 AM, Jarrod Johnson wrote:
> echo "part /boot --size 256 --fstype $BOOTFSTYPE --ondisk $instdisk"
> >> /tmp/partitioning
>
> Is in pre.rh as well.
>
> EFI install is very particular about /boot and /boot/efi and how they must be
> together on the same disk and such.
Thanks for your assistance Jarrod!
As you may have deduced we are using older template files which did not
include /tmp/partitioning - what was necessary was the inclusion of /boot as
you noted above - the partitioning which is working is
> part /boot --size 256 --ondisk sda --fstype ext3 part /boot/efi --size
> 50 --ondisk sda --fstype vfat part swap --recommended --ondisk sda
> part / --size 1 --grow --fstype ext4 --ondisk sda
(with rhels6.6)
Thanks for your kind assistance!!
Rich
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rich Sudlow [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:00 AM
> To: Rich Sudlow; xCAT Users Mailing list
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] Installing a machine using xnba
>
> On 06/17/2015 09:35 AM, Rich Sudlow wrote:
>> On 06/17/2015 09:20 AM, Jarrod Johnson wrote:
>>
>> Hi Jarrod
>>> Interesting, what distro and profile? Do you have a custom profile
>>> or custom partitioning?
>>>
>> Using RHELS 6.6 - No just a single / partition
>>
>>> The need for /boot/efi should be autodetected and put into the
>>> automatic partition plan by one of the following snippets of code
>>> (depending on
>>> distro/profile):
>>> # grep '/boot/efi' /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.*
>>> /opt/xcat/share/xcat/install/scripts/pre.rh: echo 'part /boot/efi --size
>>> 50
>>> --ondisk '$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><p
>>> a rtitions 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.
>
> Surprisingly - This seemed to fail too
>
> The following errors occurred with your partitioning:
>
> /boot must be less than 2TB. Shrink / or create a separate /boot partition.
>
> This can happen if there is not enough space on your hard drive(s) for the
> installation.
>
> I'm also attaching my /install/autoinst/daccssfe file
>
>
> Rich
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> -----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
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