I did a fresh install to the node and got the same behavior (won't boot after OS install). Settings are: # pasu backup01 show BootModes backup01: BootModes.SystemBootMode=UEFI Mode backup01: BootModes.OptimizedBoot=Enabled backup01: BootModes.QuietBoot=Enabled # pasu backup01 show BootOrder backup01: BootOrder.BootOrder=CentOS=PXE Network=Hard Disk 0 backup01: BootOrder.WolBootOrder=PXE Network=CD/DVD Rom=Hard Disk 0
I then adjusted the boot order to remove the CentOS option: # pasu backup01 set BootOrder.BootOrder "Hard Disk 0=PXE Network" backup01: BootOrder.BootOrder=Hard Disk 0=PXE Network backup01: Waiting for command completion status. backup01: Command completed successfully. # pasu backup01 show BootOrder.BootOrder backup01: BootOrder.BootOrder=Hard Disk 0=PXE Network However, it still fails to boot. Maybe this is a hardware error, not an xCAT or UEFI issue. I'll try this on another node. On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:55 PM, Loftus, Andrew J <[email protected]> wrote: > # pasu backup01 show BootOrder > backup01: BootOrder.BootOrder=CentOS=PXE Network=Hard Disk 0 > backup01: BootOrder.WolBootOrder=PXE Network=CD/DVD Rom=Hard Disk 0 > > What's interesting is that the UEFI update is expected behavior, which > seems to conflict with the preferred behavior for an xCAT deployed machine > is to always boot from PXE first, to allow a re-install when necessary. > Otherwise, an extra step is required to force a new installation, namely, > rsetboot. > > Am I correct in my thinking? > > I'm going to try Arif's suggestion of setting > BootModes.SystemBootMode=UEFI Mode > and see how that goes. > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 3:12 PM, Jarrod Johnson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> >> Can you do pasu <node> show BootOrder >> >> >> >> You could, if you'd like, change the boot order to 'Hard disk 0' with >> asu/pasu and it should work (centos 7 will work that way, centos 6 will >> not). >> >> >> >> I may also like to see asu show all if you can't find hard disk at all. >> >> *From:* Andrew Loftus [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2016 4:07 PM >> *To:* xCAT Users Mailing list >> *Subject:* Re: [xcat-user] Boot order changed after CentOS install on >> Lenovo 3550 >> >> >> >> 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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