after googling brought me to this link:

https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/stable/references/coral/known_issues/genesis_base.html

I tried using the genesis builder, and the system genesis boots.   I had
been using:

xCAT-genesis-base-ppc64-2.14.5-snap201811160710.noarch.rpm


which appears to be the latest in the repo.



On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 16:14, Nathan Harper <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Did you run "mknb ppc64" on management node prior to booting Genesis ?
>
>
> I did, and I've just tried doing so again to be doubly sure.   I can see
> the kernel and fs.gz being picked up by the node from the httpd logs
>
> On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 14:56, Mark Gurevich <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Nathan,
>>
>> Did you run "mknb ppc64" on management node prior to booting Genesis ?
>>
>> Mark Gurevich
>> Poughkeepsie Development Lab
>> HPC Software Development - xCAT
>>
>> "If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research,
>> would it?"
>> --Albert Einstein
>>
>>
>>
>> [image: Inactive hide details for Nathan Harper ---01/14/2020 05:07:52
>> AM---I am attempting to integrate a newly arrive AC922 node with]Nathan
>> Harper ---01/14/2020 05:07:52 AM---I am attempting to integrate a newly
>> arrive AC922 node with our existing xCAT manager (running on an
>>
>> From: Nathan Harper <[email protected]>
>> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>
>> Date: 01/14/2020 05:07 AM
>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] [xcat-user] genesis boot ac922 from x86 xCAT node
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> I am attempting to integrate a newly arrive AC922 node with our existing
>> xCAT manager (running on an x86 node).   I'm running a newly upgraded xCAT
>> 2.15.0, so should have support for the AC922.
>>
>> Genesis boot doesn't seem to get much beyond the petitboot menu, no
>> console output etc.
>>
>> In the interests of expediency, I went ahead and configured the node
>> manually, and stateful installs, rpower etc all work correctly.
>>
>> Has anyone successfully genesis booted an AC922 from an x86 xCAT node?
>>
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