And ... when using the 18.04.2 default diskless image, the system hangs about 5-6 seconds after boot. It doesn't even provide the Alt-F2 screen for using the shell.
Sigh ... Calvin Dodge On Tue, Aug 3, 2021 at 5:14 PM Calvin Dodge <caldo...@gmail.com> wrote: > We had to let this sit for a while due to higher priority items. > > After the deployment stops, we can login to the shell in the console > (Alt-F2). It appears at least one issue is that the initrd image isn't set > up correctly, because megaraid_sas isn't loaded, and "modprobe > megaraid_sas" fails with "module not found". The modprobe DOES work after > running "depmod -a", but I would think that is something that should have > been done before creating the image. I have no clue on how to proceed after > the disk is recognized. > > The same thing happens with Ubuntu 18.04.2. At present I'm trying to > create a diskless image for 18.04.2. During this phase I've gotten many > messages like "ldd: ./linux-vdso.so.1: No such file or directory", but > genimage appears to be doing something. I'll try packimage, then > deploying. At present, I think Ubuntu 18.04 is very poorly supported by > xCAT. > > Sincerely, > > Calvin Dodge > > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 8:30 AM Nathan A Besaw <bes...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > >> Have you made any progress on this problem or are you still stuck? >> >> Can you deploy the node with a diskless image based on the same OS and >> see the disks from within the booted OS? >> >> The newest version of Ubuntu 18 that xCAT officially supports is 18.04.2. >> Several xCAT users have moved forward to 18.04.5, but >> there appear to be some issues with xCAT and Ubuntu 18.04.5 that are not >> well understood. >> >> I don't have access to this combination of hardware and OS, perhaps other >> members of the list have some experience with this combination. >> >> [image: Inactive hide details for Calvin Dodge ---03/12/2021 06:41:04 >> PM---We are trying to deploy C6420 nodes with a diskfull image.]Calvin >> Dodge ---03/12/2021 06:41:04 PM---We are trying to deploy C6420 nodes with >> a diskfull image. The deployment hangs about about 9.5 sec >> >> From: Calvin Dodge <caldo...@gmail.com> >> To: xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> Date: 03/12/2021 06:41 PM >> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [xcat-user] Problem deploying Dell C6420 from Ubuntu >> 18.04.05 >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> >> We are trying to deploy C6420 nodes with a diskfull image. The >> deployment hangs about about 9.5 seconds after the kernel recognizes >> the network and USB devices. >> >> Installment details: Head node was deployed using the live server ISO >> ubuntu-18.04.5-live-server-amd64.iso. >> The xcat-go install process created the /install/OS folder using that >> ISO. But we could not nodeset a node with that osimage name until we >> ran copycds manually with the regular server ISO >> ubuntu-18.04.5-server-amd64.iso. >> >> We've seen other strangenesses, like xCAT looking for a folder named >> "ubuntu-" when we tried to run genimage to create a diskless image >> >> Meanwhile, the nodes are using PERC controllers for storage, which >> uses the megaraid_sas kernel module. When we unpack the initrd used >> in the initial PXE load, we don't find the kernel module there. Could >> that be the source of our deployment hang? We see instructions on >> adding modules, but they don't appear to be relevant, because (1) Dell >> doesn't seem to provide a driver disk for the initial kernel >> (5.4.0-22), and (2) the "use RPM" approach is unlikely to work with a >> distribution that doesn't use RPMs. >> >> We CAN install Ubuntu on the node using the server ISO, so the >> necessary drivers are present there, at least. So it seems to be an >> xCAT issue. >> >> Has anyone else encountered this issue? If not, how can we diagnose >> it, beyond adding (an as yet unfound) megaraid_sas kernel module to >> the initial PXE initrd? >> >> Calvin Dodge >> [attachment "cat_node_install_hung[33146].PNG" deleted by Nathan A >> Besaw/Poughkeepsie/IBM] _______________________________________________ >> xCAT-user mailing list >> xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> >> https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__lists.sourceforge.net_lists_listinfo_xcat-2Duser&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=95pZYYPXXV-5mn9YO7FX6q2JdbPYeCR6fMnFTgqZ_M8&m=jOGxgBpk2RY0sFkf4czZC_mW22LlbQeGFkAqdSoeE-M&s=aq3MGS4v8yB6srQiaWjx2rj79VGt3k7500bcUFnxfXw&e= >> >> >> >> >>
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