Well the thing is, the node installs properly, and it reboots. On the
reboot, it's suppose to run the postbootscripts and it never boots to the
OS. So we tried changing the boot order to HD and that does not seem to
work.
Damir
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 1:05 PM Nathan Harper <nathan.har...@cfms.org.uk>
wrote:
> 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
> <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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