I have a similar issue with some non-IBM/Lenovo equipment. Old dx360s work,
other new equipment boots, installs but when instructed by PXE to boot locally,
you get no more. I have had to work around by setting boot order to HDD post
install.
Regards,
Nathan
> On 12 May 2017, at 17:06, Gilad Berman <gber...@lenovo.com> wrote:
>
> There is another setting that set the boot mode to Legacy โ it is the network
> PXE boot (found under network in the BIOS), make sure it is set to UEFI.
>
> If you canโt find it let me know and I will provide the exact ASU setting (I
> am not logged in to my lab currently).
>
> It sounds very much like an issue I had so hopefully it should solve the issue
>
> Sorry if I missed anything in the thread and my suggestion is stupid ๐
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> From: Damir Krstic [mailto:damir.krs...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 5:49 PM
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] NextScale nodes not booting from the disk
>
> I've removed the Legacy Only and the node hangs on the boot - just a cursor
> in the corner of the screen and nothing coming up. It never seems to time
> out....
>
> Super frustrating especially since dx360 nodes are booting just fine.
> Damir
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 6:45 AM <david_john...@brown.edu> wrote:
> Could you share the IMM and Boot sections from asu show on one of your
> troublesome nodes?
>
> -- ddj
> Dave Johnson
>
> > On May 12, 2017, at 6:45 AM, Damir Krstic <damir.krs...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > We are switching our image from stateless to stateful in a month (going
> > from RH6 to RH7). Old IBM dx360 nodes are booting fine with this new image
> > we have created. Our NextScale nodes are not...The OS gets installed and
> > the node reboots but then it never boots from the hard drive. It times out
> > at the PXE prompt and just hangs.
> >
> > I am wondering if some BIOS setting is doing this - maybe something with
> > legacy mode, or boot order or something else. I've tried manually hitting
> > F12 and selecting the hard drive but that did not seem to work.
> >
> > Does anyone have NextScales booting from the hard drive, and if so, would
> > you mind sharing (dumping) your settings via asu show?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Damir
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