Thanks Casandra.
I have xCAT v2.8.2 which works on my existing Idataflex nodes.
Thanks.
> On Jun 12, 2018, at 4:23 PM, Casandra H Qiu <cxh...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> I can recreate this issue in our test system. It seems nodeset only create
> node file, not node.uefi or node.elilo files.
> I will dig into more,
>
> anyway, which xCAT release on your system?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Casandra
> ...................................................................
> Casandra Hong Qiu
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>
>
>
> <graycol.gif>Gilad Berman ---06/12/2018 02:59:22 PM---# nodeset n9
> osimage=c7livecd Warning: n9: xnba might be invalid when provisioning
> c7livecd,valid op
>
> From: Gilad Berman <gber...@lenovo.com>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Date: 06/12/2018 02:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [xcat-user] [External] Re: boottarget and booting to Centos
> LiveCD
>
>
>
>
> # nodeset n9 osimage=c7livecd
> Warning: n9: xnba might be invalid when provisioning c7livecd,valid options:
> "".
> For more details see the 'netboot' description in the output of "tabdump -d
> noderes".
> n9: boottarget boottarget-x86_64-c7livecd
>
> # tabdump nodetype
> #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable
> "n9","boottarget","x86_64","c7livecd","c7livecd",,,,
>
> # ls -ltr /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9*
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 101 Jun 12 08:40 /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9.uefi
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 400 Jun 12 08:40 /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9.elilo
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 58 Jun 12 21:44 /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9 <only
> file changed by nodeset>
>
> Not sure if I should nodeset netboot or osimage. I tried both.
>
> I must be missing something basic in the boottarget howto.
>
> THX!
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> From: Casandra H Qiu <cxh...@us.ibm.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2018 6:12 PM
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: [External] Re: [xcat-user] boottarget and booting to Centos LiveCD
> after nodeset, can u check the nodetype table again?
>
> tabdump nodetype
> ls -ltr /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9*
>
>
> Have you try provision the node?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Casandra
>
> ...................................................................
> Casandra Hong Qiu
> Phone: (845) 433-9291, t/l 293-9291
> Office: Building 8, 3-B-04
> cxh...@us.ibm.com
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>
>
> <graycol.gif>Gilad Berman ---06/11/2018 03:43:57 PM---Hello, I am trying to
> boot to a Centos7 live CD using xCAT.
>
> From: Gilad Berman <gber...@lenovo.com>
> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Date: 06/11/2018 03:43 PM
> Subject: [xcat-user] boottarget and booting to Centos LiveCD
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to boot to a Centos7 live CD using xCAT.
> First, has anyone successfully did it and can share insights?
>
> Second, I am trying to use boottarget to customize the xnba files to allow
> netbooting the Live CD.
> My osimage looks like this –
> # lsdef -t osimage -o c7livecd
> Object name: c7livecd
> osarch=x86_64
> osvers=boottarget
> profile=c7livecd
> provmethod=boottarget
>
> My linuximage.boottarget has c7livecd as well (the boottarget profile)
>
> # tabdump boottarget
> #bprofile,kernel,initrd,kcmdline,comments,disable
> "c7livecd","vmlinuz0","initrd0.img","root=live:http://11.11.101.1:/install/e8-livecd/LiveOS/squashfs.img
> console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200",,
>
> # tabdump nodetype
> #node,os,arch,profile,provmethod,supportedarchs,nodetype,comments,disable
> "n9","boottarget","x86_64","c7livecd","netboot",,,,
>
> ]# nodeset n9 osimage=c7livecd
> Warning: n9: xnba might be invalid when provisioning e8livecd,valid options:
> "".
> For more details see the 'netboot' description in the output of "tabdump -d
> noderes".
> n9: boottarget boottarget-x86_64-c7livecd
>
>
>
> Here are the files generated –
> # cat /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9
> #!gpxe
> #boottarget boottarget-x86_64-c7livecd
> LOCALBOOT 0
> [root@ohpc1 ~]# cat /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9.elilo
> default="xCAT"
> delay=0
>
> image=/tftpboot/xcat/genesis.kernel.x86_64
> label="xCAT"
> initrd=/tftpboot/xcat/genesis.fs.x86_64.gz
> append="quiet console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 xcatd=11.11.101.1:3001
> destiny=shell BOOTIF=%B"
> [root@ohpc1 ~]# cat /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9.uefi
> #!gpxe
> chain http://${next-server}/tftpboot/xcat/elilo-x64.efi -C
> /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/n9.elilo
>
>
>
> What am I missing? What is the correct way of using boottarget?
>
> THX in advance!
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