Thanks for the information Jarrod! There is no special partitioning and only one "visible" hard drive (there are two physical drives setup in a hardware mirror).
I'm relatively new to UEFI systems. Perhaps if I understand it better I can troubleshoot it better. Where can I learn more about the UEFI install procedure that you mentioned above? On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Just using the normal storage local? No SAN attached storage or anything? > > > > For reference, on install UEFI compatible systems look at the partition id > they write their boot loader to. They take the partition uuid and tell > UEFI firmware 'hey, next time boot to this file on the partition with this > UUID'. > > > > If it for some reason selected a storage device that is *not* visible from > UEFI, this behavior would be seen (It's looking for a UUID that doesn't > exist). > > > > Is there a custom partition plan? Are there multiple disks? Some > versions of CentOS will struggle if '/boot' and '/boot/efi' get split up, > for example. > > > > *From:* Andrew Loftus [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2016 3:36 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [xcat-user] Boot order changed after CentOS install on Lenovo > 3550 > > > > xCAT version: 2.11.1 > > OS: CentOS Linux release 7.2.1511 (Core) > > Hardware: Lenovo X-series 3550 > > Install type: diskful install > > > > Node PXE boots successfully and OS install completes successfully. Upon > reboot, the machine fails to boot because it can't find a valid OS. Using > rcons to get to machine console, we find a new boot option named 'CentOS' > and it is first in the boot priority list. > > > > Does anyone know where this comes from? > > Why it's there? > > How to fix it or prevent it from getting set in the first place? > > > > Even a gentle shove in the right direction to troubleshoot this would be > greatly appreciated. > > > > Cheers, > > --Andy >
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