On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 10:26 -0500, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 11/28/2012 08:25 AM, Vincent Miszczak wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The installation I did from USB was targeted to hard drive. > > I can see that installation creates 4 partitions (/dev/sdaX), but I don't > > know which one is the root volume, and LVM may be used. For sure I don't > > want to boot from CDROM (sr0) but from my local hard drive (/dev/???). > > > > Regarding CDROM installation, with the version I used (the latest), I'm > > able to switch the consoles when installation hang. Does not look like a > > kernel panic, but there is a real problem. > > > > Again, having the root account used would help, if someone can provide it... > > what do you mean if someone can provide it? you should be able to enable > it when installing the node
Yes, When you get to the boot menu, hit tab and add the following to the kernel command line: rootpw=<hashed password> To generate the hashed password, use openssl passwd Mike > > > > > Vince > > > > ____________________________________ > > De : Alexandre Santos [santosa...@gmail.com] > > Date d'envoi : mardi 27 novembre 2012 19:48 > > À : Vincent Miszczak > > Cc : Mike Burns; users@ovirt.org > > Objet : Re: [Users] ovirt-node install hangs > > > > 2012/11/27 Vincent Miszczak > > <vmiszc...@ankama.com<mailto:vmiszc...@ankama.com>> > > Hi, > > > > I have the exact same problems with the latest 2.5.5-0.1. > > > > > > 1. I'm unable to install from USB stick because after installation, > > the system does not find it's root volume. > > > > 2. Using a CDROM, the installation hangs. First time it hanged at > > 75%. Second time I tried, it hanged at 25%. No message at all, but keyboard > > is responsive (lock num, console switch). > > > > I could try to do some debug for you. Having the root account used during > > the installation would help. What is it? > > > > With the CDROM installation, I've tried with 2 different hard drives and > > the server was running fine with its previous OS, so no hardware issue here. > > I was running the installation on a Poweredge 1950 server. > > > > Vince > > > > De : users-boun...@ovirt.org<mailto:users-boun...@ovirt.org> > > [mailto:users-boun...@ovirt.org<mailto:users-boun...@ovirt.org>] De la part > > de Alexandre Santos > > Envoyé : jeudi 11 octobre 2012 22:57 > > À : Mike Burns > > Cc : users@ovirt.org<mailto:users@ovirt.org> > > Objet : Re: [Users] ovirt-node install hangs > > > > > > 2012/10/11 Alexandre Santos > > <santosa...@gmail.com<mailto:santosa...@gmail.com>> > > 2012/10/11 Mike Burns <mbu...@redhat.com<mailto:mbu...@redhat.com>> > > On Thu, 2012-10-11 at 11:12 +0100, Alexandre Santos wrote: > >> Hi, > >> yesterday I tried the new oVirt Node 2.5.3. I tried installing it > >> without the quiet flag but no luck. It hanged again and the kernel > >> didn't show any error on console (tty2). > >> Later will test without the rhgh flag. > > Default options? TUI install? Hardware? UEFI or legacy bios? > > > > I always choose the troubleshooting option and then do an install with > > basic video. The only thing I changed from the default kernel boot line was > > the quiet flag. > > > > Yes, TUI. > > > > Hardware: this is an old MSI P35Neo MB with 4 GB RAM and a Xeon 3040. The > > SATA disk is connected to the onboard controller. The same problem occurred > > with an IDE HDD. > > > > Without rhgb and quiet no luck at all. Tomorrow will try with a SATA PCI > > Card with a Sil chip. > > > > > > > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> BTW, now the hostname works on 2.5.3 :-) The network configuration is > >> still tricky... sometimes I have an "Apply" sometimes only a "Back" > >> choice. > > I *think* this is a feature of being registered to ovirt-engine. Once > > you are registered, you can't change the network through the TUI > > anymore. > > > > If you're not registered with Engine, please elaborate a bit and I'll > > try to figure out what is going on. > > > > What you're saying makes sense. The problem I had was that my node was > > booting with DHCP and the IP changed. When I got to the engine / web > > administrator, my Host was not detected and I couldn't change it's IP, only > > the hostname... On the TUI I can't change the IP because I'm registered but > > can't change it also on the engine. Is this correct? > > > > Mike > > > >> > >> 2012/10/9 Alexandre Santos > >> <santosa...@gmail.com<mailto:santosa...@gmail.com>> > >> It's working now :-) > >> > >> Thanks a lot all! > >> > >> Alex > >> > >> P.S. I haven't tried installing it on my SATA disk because I > >> have there a Local Node already running but I'm going to try > >> again on another one to see if I can send to you the error > >> log. > >> > >> > >> 2012/10/8 Mike Burns <mbu...@redhat.com<mailto:mbu...@redhat.com>> > >> On Mon, 2012-10-08 at 09:54 +0100, Alexandre Santos > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch > >> <fabi...@redhat.com<mailto:fabi...@redhat.com>> > >> > Am Montag, den 08.10.2012, 09:24 +0100 > >> schrieb Alexandre > >> > Santos: > >> > > 2012/10/8 Fabian Deutsch > >> <fabi...@redhat.com<mailto:fabi...@redhat.com>> > >> > > Hey, > >> > > > >> > > Am Sonntag, den 07.10.2012, 15:29 > >> +0100 schrieb > >> > Alexandre > >> > > Santos: > >> > > > Hi, > >> > > > I'm trying to install the > >> ovirt-node iso image on > >> > a SATA > >> > > disk and when > >> > > > it gets to the screen where it > >> shows 25% completed > >> > the > >> > > kernel hangs. I > >> > > > can't connect using a serial > >> console to see what > >> > has > >> > > happened. If I > >> > > > reboot using a usb linux disk I > >> see that the SATA > >> > disk has > >> > > been > >> > > > formated and the partitions that > >> existed before > >> > disappeared, > >> > > being > >> > > > there just one partition of type > >> "ee" > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Is there any error displayed when > >> kernel hangs at > >> > 25%? And it > >> > > can take > >> > > some time to pass the 25% (up to > >> ~2min or so). > >> > > > >> > > No, I think it's a kernel hang because the > >> lights on the > >> > keyboard halt > >> > > and I can't change to tty2, etc.. I even > >> changed to tty2 and > >> > waited to > >> > > see if there were some errors but nothing. > >> I've read that > >> > "tty8" was > >> > > the logging console but no luck also. > >> > > BTW, I tried with an IDE disk and the > >> result was the same. > >> > > >> > > >> > Mh, okay. > >> > Could you try booting without the rhgb and > >> quiet kernel > >> > arguments. I > >> > hope that some errors will be displayed on > >> the screen so we > >> > get an idea > >> > about the problem. > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > If I use a 8 GB usb pen-drive > >> instead of the SATA > >> > disk, the > >> > > > installation comes to an end and > >> I reboot but then > >> > I get > >> > > some error > >> > > > about not > >> getting /dev/mapper/by-name/Root and the > >> > boot > >> > > fails to a > >> > > > dracut shell. > >> > > > Any ideas? > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > In the dracut shell, could you run > >> blkid and post > >> > the results? > >> > > > >> > > I noticed that the USB Disk was named > >> RootBackup instead of > >> > Root... I > >> > > then rebooted and chose uninstall and then > >> installed oVirt > >> > Node from > >> > > scratch and now it worked. > >> > >> > >> Glad it worked the second time. There should be 4 > >> partitions on the > >> disk. > >> > >> Partition 1 is for UEFI or bios_boot depending on your > >> machine type. > >> Partition 2 and Partition 3 are Root and RootBackup. > >> So seeing a > >> RootBackup is correct. Not seeing a Root is > >> incorrect. If you rebooted > >> the host in the middle of the install, or if the > >> install hung for some > >> reason, I can see that situation happening and see it > >> working after > >> uninstall/install. > >> > >> > > I can't activate Networking because I have > >> that "no > >> > hostname" error > >> > > mentioned in another post. I think it's > >> related to that... > >> > >> > >> You can't activate networking at all? That is news to > >> me. The node > >> should work perfectly fine with or without a FQDN. > >> > >> > >> > > >> > > >> > Yes, I've also seen the hostname error. And > >> I've also seen > >> > some problems > >> > with the rootfs lately. > >> > >> > >> Have you seen these issues with the 2.5.2 build? Or > >> only master branch > >> builds? > >> > >> > Could you provide a screenshot/dump of the > >> console with that > >> > error? > >> > > >> > - fabian > >> > > >> > > >> > Ok! I'll send them as soon as possible. > >> > > >> > Alex > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Users mailing list > >> > Users@ovirt.org<mailto:Users@ovirt.org> > >> > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Users mailing list > >> Users@ovirt.org<mailto:Users@ovirt.org> > >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > I had the problem you mentioned about not finding the root volume. It's a > > Fedora issue that you can solve on the boot, changing the root to /dev/sr0, > > for instance. > > > > About the setup hanging, I had a kernel panic (I think), because my > > keyboard stopped responding. > > > > Alex > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner<http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users