"elilo-xcat-3.14-4.noarch can't netboot a kernel >8MB" 8.1.1911 is < 8 MB, which is not the case for 8.2.2004 kernel.
Details in https://github.com/xcat2/xcat-dep/pull/39. I'm gonna test it and give you some feedback. Jean-Baptiste On 7/18/20 12:25 AM, Jean-Baptiste Denis wrote: > Hello, > > is there, by any chance, someone with a rhel/centos 8.2.2004 (using kernel > version 4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2.x86_64) > successfully booting in UEFI mode ? I'm running xcat 2.16. > > I'm using 4.18.0-147.8.1 from CentOS 8.1.1911: > > /tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.1/kernel: Linux kernel x86 boot > executable bzImage, version > 4.18.0-147.8.1.el8_1.x86_64 (mockbu...@kbuilder.bsys.centos.org) #1 SMP Thu > Apr 9 13:49:54 UTC , RO-rootFS, swap_dev > 0x7, Normal VGA > > and 4.18.0-193.6.3 from CentOS 8.2.2004: > > /tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.2/kernel: Linux kernel x86 boot > executable bzImage, version > 4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2.x86_64 (mockbu...@kbuilder.bsys.centos.org) #1 SMP Wed > Jun 10 11:09:32 UTC, RO-rootFS, swap_dev > 0x8, Normal VGA > > Here is what I've got using 8.2.2004 during the initial PXE phase: > > ============================== > xCAT Network Boot Agent > iPXE 1.0.3-131028 (d603e) -- Open Source Network Boot Firmware -- > http://ipxe.org > Features: HTTP HTTPS iSCSI DNS TFTP EFI > net0: ac:1f:6b:c8:ee:10 using <NULL> on EFI SNP (open) > [Link:up, TX:0 TXE:0 RX:0 RXE:0] > DHCP (net0 ac:1f:6b:c8:ee:10)... ok > net0: 192.168.152.2/255.255.240.0 gw 192.168.144.1 > Next server: 192.168.148.10 > Filename: http://192.168.148.10:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/maestro-1000.uefi > http://192.168.148.10:80/tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/maestro-1000.uefi... ok > http://192.168.148.10:80/tftpboot/xcat/elilo-x64.efi... ok > ELILO v3.14 for EFI/x86_64 > Loading kernel /tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.2/kernel... done > Loading file > /tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.2/initrd-stateless.gz...done > ============================== > > It stops here, and it reboots. > > Here is the xcatprobe corresponding output: > > ============================== > [maestro-1000] 00:15:07 Via HTTP get > /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/maestro-1000.uefi > [maestro-1000] 00:15:08 Via HTTP get /tftpboot/xcat/elilo-x64.efi > [maestro-1000] 00:15:08 Via HTTP get > /tftpboot/xcat/xnba/nodes/maestro-1000.elilo > [maestro-1000] 00:15:08 Via HTTP get > /tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.2/kernel > [maestro-1000] 00:15:08 Via HTTP get > /tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.2/initrd-stateless.gz > ============================== > > If I replace the kernel (/tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.2/kernel) > with the kernel from 8.1 > (/tftpboot/xcat/osimage/netboot-cpu-centos8.1/kernel) using cp, it boots. > > Does it ring a bell to somebody ? We are using Supermicro AS-2124BT-HNTR with > 2 x AMD EPYC 7552 48-Core Processor. > > Any suggestions on where to start to debug the problem ? > > Thank you for your help, > > Jean-Baptiste > > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > _______________________________________________ xCAT-user mailing list xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
