Re: "Cannot determine prefetch area" error with OpenBSD current autoinstall
On 12/16/14 22:06, Adriaan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Raf wrote: >> >> On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 01:01:51AM EST, Adriaan wrote: >> >> > An initial interactive install was succesful. A next autonstall using >> > bsd,rd gave a "Cannot determine prefetch area" after selecting the >> > sets. >> > [...] >> > Cannot determine prefetch area. Continue without verification? [no] no >> >> I see that tedu@ already mentioned the fact about your local storage is >> probably too small. I'll only add a link to the FAQ[0] in case you have >> missed it. >> > > With the following custom partition scheme of the same 3GB disk the > verification succeeds: > >> p m > OpenBSD area: 63-6322176; size: 3087.0M; free: 0.0M > #size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] > a: 2901.9M 64 4.2BSD 2048 163841 # / > b: 185.1M 5943168swap # none > c: 3093.4M0 unused > ... > So the verification procedure simply needed a larger partition. Look at the install scripts -- it doesn't prefetch just anywhere, it has a few specific places. /tmp, /home I think are two of the choices, may be more (NOTE: I am too tired to bother looking this up myself now, and it would be good experience for you to do so). I don't think /usr is. Thus, your original config, which had nowhere near enough space in /tmp or /home for the prefetch caused it not to. Nick.
Re: "Cannot determine prefetch area" error with OpenBSD current autoinstall
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 8:26 AM, Raf wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 01:01:51AM EST, Adriaan wrote: > > > An initial interactive install was succesful. A next autonstall using > > bsd,rd gave a "Cannot determine prefetch area" after selecting the > > sets. > > [...] > > Cannot determine prefetch area. Continue without verification? [no] no > > I see that tedu@ already mentioned the fact about your local storage is > probably too small. I'll only add a link to the FAQ[0] in case you have > missed it. > With the following custom partition scheme of the same 3GB disk the verification succeeds: > p m OpenBSD area: 63-6322176; size: 3087.0M; free: 0.0M #size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg] a: 2901.9M 64 4.2BSD 2048 163841 # / b: 185.1M 5943168swap # none c: 3093.4M0 unused Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] Get/Verify SHA256.sig 100% |**| 2067 00:00 Signature Verified Get/Verify bsd 100% |**| 10295 KB 00:03 Get/Verify bsd.rd 100% |**| 6773 KB 00:01 Get/Verify base56.tgz 100% |**| 51074 KB 00:15 Installing bsd 100% |**| 10295 KB 00:02 Installing bsd.rd 100% |**| 6773 KB 00:01 Installing base56.tgz 100% |**| 51074 KB 00:56 Extracting etc.tgz 100% |**| 110 KB 00:00 Location of sets? (disk http or 'done') [done] So the verification procedure simply needed a larger partition. > > > failed; check /ai.log > > Have you checked '/ai.log'? > Yes, but that was identical to the serial console output captured by tip. > > > Checksum test for site56.tgz failed. Continue anyway? = yes > > Unverified sets: site56.tgz. Continue without verification? = yes > > Checksum test for site56-andromache.tgz failed. Continue anyway? = yes > > Unverified sets: site56-andromache.tgz. Continue without verification? = > > yes > > Given that the initial installation finishes just fine, I conclude that > the second attempt fails due to your 'site*.tgz'[1] file sets being too > big - try again without them. > Only containing a few scripts and configuration files, the site*tgz file is only 4K: -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 4913 Dec 16 03:25 site56.tgz > > [0] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#InstMedia > [1] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#site > Thanks, it has been a while since I read those sections. But it indeeds mentions the "Cannot determine prefetch area" error that I had never seen before. Adding the following to the install.conf file makes an autoinstall with the auto layout succeed: Cannot determine prefetch area. Continue without verification? = yes >From the log: Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] -all bsd bsd.rd base56.tgz site56.tgz done Cannot determine prefetch area. Continue without verification? [no] yes Installing bsd 100% |**| 10295 KB 00:01 Installing bsd.rd 100% |**| 6773 KB 00:00 Installing base56.tgz 100% |**| 51074 KB 00:45 Extracting etc.tgz 100% |**| 110 KB00:00 So problem has been solved. Just have to verifiy the sets on the local snapshot web server by myself. Adriaan
Re: "Cannot determine prefetch area" error with OpenBSD current autoinstall
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 7:35 AM, Ted Unangst wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 07:01, Adriaan wrote: > > OpenBSD 5.6-current (RAMDISK_CD) #573: Sun Dec 14 20:08:49 MST 2014 > > dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD > > > > An initial interactive install was succesful. A next autonstall using > > bsd,rd gave a > > "Cannot determine prefetch area" after selecting the sets. > > this probably means there wasn't a partition with enough free space > available. looks like you have a pretty small disk. > Yes, the disk is 3GB but I only installed the minimum: $ df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd0a 837M 44.4M750M 6%/ /dev/wd0e 323M 14.8M292M 5%/home /dev/wd0d 1.7G205M1.4G13%/usr During the install there is even more space, because then, the site56.tgz has not yet installed some packages, that are PKG_CACHEd in /home/packages. ls -l /home/packages ; du -h $_ total 30160 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3265288 Dec 16 07:19 alpine-2.11p3.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3273159 Dec 16 07:19 aspell-0.60.6.1p1.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 125754 Dec 16 07:19 bzip2-1.0.6p1.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 5213261 Dec 16 07:19 gettext-0.19.3.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1540225 Dec 16 07:18 libiconv-1.14p1.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 1374388 Dec 16 07:19 lynx-2.8.9pl1p0.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 7580 Dec 16 07:18 quirks-2.43.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 166936 Dec 16 07:19 unzip-6.0p5.tgz -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 320970 Dec 16 07:19 xz-5.0.7.tgz 14.7M /home/packages
Re: "Cannot determine prefetch area" error with OpenBSD current autoinstall
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 01:01:51AM EST, Adriaan wrote: > An initial interactive install was succesful. A next autonstall using > bsd,rd gave a "Cannot determine prefetch area" after selecting the > sets. > [...] > Cannot determine prefetch area. Continue without verification? [no] no I see that tedu@ already mentioned the fact about your local storage is probably too small. I'll only add a link to the FAQ[0] in case you have missed it. > failed; check /ai.log Have you checked '/ai.log'? > Checksum test for site56.tgz failed. Continue anyway? = yes > Unverified sets: site56.tgz. Continue without verification? = yes > Checksum test for site56-andromache.tgz failed. Continue anyway? = yes > Unverified sets: site56-andromache.tgz. Continue without verification? = > yes Given that the initial installation finishes just fine, I conclude that the second attempt fails due to your 'site*.tgz'[1] file sets being too big - try again without them. [0] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#InstMedia [1] http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html#site Regards, Raf
Re: "Cannot determine prefetch area" error with OpenBSD current autoinstall
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 07:01, Adriaan wrote: > OpenBSD 5.6-current (RAMDISK_CD) #573: Sun Dec 14 20:08:49 MST 2014 > dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD > > An initial interactive install was succesful. A next autonstall using > bsd,rd gave a > "Cannot determine prefetch area" after selecting the sets. this probably means there wasn't a partition with enough free space available. looks like you have a pretty small disk.
"Cannot determine prefetch area" error with OpenBSD current autoinstall
OpenBSD 5.6-current (RAMDISK_CD) #573: Sun Dec 14 20:08:49 MST 2014 dera...@i386.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RAMDISK_CD An initial interactive install was succesful. A next autonstall using bsd,rd gave a "Cannot determine prefetch area" after selecting the sets. (Complete dmesg and install.conf will follow) === Let's install the sets! Location of sets? (disk http or 'done') [http] http HTTP proxy URL? (e.g. 'http://proxy:8080', or 'none') [none] none (Unable to get list from ftp.openbsd.org, but that is OK) HTTP Server? (hostname or 'done') hercules.utp.xnet Server directory? [pub/OpenBSD/snapshots/i386] snapshots/i386 Select sets by entering a set name, a file name pattern or 'all'. De-select sets by prepending a '-' to the set name, file name pattern or 'all'. Selected sets are labelled '[X]'. [X] bsd [X] base56.tgz[X] xbase56.tgz [X] xserv56.tgz [X] bsd.rd[X] comp56.tgz[X] xshare56.tgz [ ] site56.tgz [ ] bsd.mp[X] man56.tgz [X] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] -all bsd bsd.rd bsd.mp base56.tgz site56.tgz done Cannot determine prefetch area. Continue without verification? [no] no failed; check /ai.log === Note that all sets were specified in a single reply in the install.conf here. A retry with only listing a single set for each prompt, gave the same error: ===Select sets by entering a set name, a file name pattern or 'all'. De-select sets by prepending a '-' to the set name, file name pattern or 'all'. Selected sets are labelled '[X]'. [X] bsd [X] base56.tgz[X] xbase56.tgz [X] xserv56.tgz [X] bsd.rd[X] comp56.tgz[X] xshare56.tgz [ ] site56.tgz [ ] bsd.mp[X] man56.tgz [X] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] -all [ ] bsd [ ] base56.tgz[ ] xbase56.tgz [ ] xserv56.tgz [ ] bsd.rd[ ] comp56.tgz[ ] xshare56.tgz [ ] site56.tgz [ ] bsd.mp[ ] man56.tgz [ ] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] bsd [X] bsd [ ] base56.tgz[ ] xbase56.tgz [ ] xserv56.tgz [ ] bsd.rd[ ] comp56.tgz[ ] xshare56.tgz [ ] site56.tgz [ ] bsd.mp[ ] man56.tgz [ ] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] bsd.rd [X] bsd [ ] base56.tgz[ ] xbase56.tgz [ ] xserv56.tgz [X] bsd.rd[ ] comp56.tgz[ ] xshare56.tgz [ ] site56.tgz [ ] bsd.mp[ ] man56.tgz [ ] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] bsd.mp [X] bsd [ ] base56.tgz[ ] xbase56.tgz [ ] xserv56.tgz [X] bsd.rd[ ] comp56.tgz[ ] xshare56.tgz [ ] site56.tgz [X] bsd.mp[ ] man56.tgz [ ] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] base56.tgz [X] bsd [X] base56.tgz[ ] xbase56.tgz [ ] xserv56.tgz [X] bsd.rd[ ] comp56.tgz[ ] xshare56.tgz [ ] site56.tgz [X] bsd.mp[ ] man56.tgz [ ] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] site56.tgz [X] bsd [X] base56.tgz[ ] xbase56.tgz [ ] xserv56.tgz [X] bsd.rd[ ] comp56.tgz[ ] xshare56.tgz [X] site56.tgz [X] bsd.mp[ ] man56.tgz [ ] xfont56.tgz Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] done Cannot determine prefetch area. Continue without verification? [no] no failed; check /ai.log The install.conf for this retry: ===Terminal type? = vt220 System hostname = andromache Which network interface do you wish to configure? = xl0 IPv4 address for = 192.168.222.188 Netmask for = 255.255.255.0 IPv6 address for = none Which network interface do you wish to configure? = done Default IPv4 route? = 192.168.222.10 DNS domain name? = utp.xnet DNS nameservers? = 192.168.222.10 Password for root account? = dfsdfsdfdf Public ssh key for root account? = ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 E2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBCMPEpNB1XOPiaIcv2NJhG1c5Os595IebooZdnloA0OT+npTyk9FQbysijlFq+GWyc7Wu27qaELlhikj//qAyGc= adri...@hercules.utp.xnet Start sshd(8) by default? = yes Start ntpd(8) by default? = yes NTP server? = default Do you expect to run the X Window System? = no Do you want the X Window System to be started by xdm(1)? = no Do you want to suspend on lid close? = no Change the default console to com0? = yes Which speed should com0 use? = 19200 What timezone are you in? = Europe/Amsterdam Setup a user? = no Which disk is the root disk? = sd0 Use DUIDs rather than device names in fstab? = yes Use (W)hole disk or (E)dit the MBR? = W Use (A)uto layout, (E)dit auto layout, or create (C)ustom layout? = a Which disk do you wish to initialize? = done Location of sets? = http HTTP proxy URL? = none HTTP Server? = hercules.utp.xnet Server directory? = snapshots/i386 Set name(s)? = -all Set name(s)? = bsd Set name(s)? = bsd.rd Set name(s)? = bsd.mp Set name(s)? = base56.tgz Set name(s)? = site56.tgz Set name(s)? = done Checksum test for site56.tg
